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January
Up one level- Babies delivered by C-section before 39 weeks more likely to have serious health problems
- A new study conducted in part at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that babies delivered by elective Caesarean section before 39 weeks of pregnancy, to mothers who previously had an elective C-section, are much more likely to have serious health problems than newborns delivered under the same circumstances at 39 weeks.
- Dr. Joseph Piven named editor of new journal
- UNC's Joseph Piven, M.D. has been named editor-in-chief of the newly created Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
- UNC study supports role of circadian clock in response to chemotherapy
- A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has suggested that chemotherapy treatment is most effective at certain times of day because that is when a particular enzyme system – one that can reverse the actions of chemotherapeutic drugs – is at its lowest levels in the body.
- UNC study: Mental illness by itself does not predict future violent behavior
- People with mental illness alone are no more likely than anyone else to commit acts of violence, a new study by UNC researchers concludes. But mental illness combined with substance abuse or dependence elevates the risk for future violence.
- Rosenstein to join UNC Lineberger to lead new cancer support program
- Donald L. Rosenstein, M.D., will join the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center as director of the new UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program.
- UNC study: Tinkering with the circadian clock can suppress cancer growth
- Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that disruption of the circadian clock – the internal time-keeping mechanism that keeps the body running on a 24-hour cycle – can slow the progression of cancer. This study comes from the lab of Aziz Sancar, M.D., Ph.D, a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine.