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Up one levelA Blessing to Many: Erick's Story
Thursday, November 19, 2009 — Erick Gomez-Fuentes was born with "Prune Belly Syndrome," a defect that occurs once in every 40,000 births. This video tells his story.
Five tips for surviving the holidays
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 — Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz, an expert in anxiety disorders and professor of psychiatry and psychology in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine and College of Arts & Sciences, offers five tips for coping with holiday-related stress.
Don’t add an ER visit to your holiday plans
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 — UNC emergency physician Abhi Mehrotra, M.D., explains how you can avoid the most common injuries that land people in a hospital emergency department during the four-day Thanksgiving holiday period.
Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido
Monday, November 16, 2009 — Pooled results from three separate clinical trials of flibanserin, a drug originally created as an antidepressant, show it is effective in treating women with acquired hypoactive sexual desire disorder. These trials were the first ever to test a therapy that works at the level of the brain to enhance libido in women reporting low sexual desire.
UNC maternal-fetal medicine leads team in EXIT delivery
Friday, November 13, 2009 — A baby was delivered at UNC Hospitals on Thursday, Nov. 12, via an EXIT (ex utero intrapartum fetal treatment) procedure. A rare occurrence anywhere, it was the third EXIT procedure performed at UNC Hospitals since 2003.
219 UNC physicians listed in The Best Doctors in America 2009-2010
Friday, November 13, 2009 — More than 200 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine physicians are included in the latest compilation of The Best Doctors in America database.
UNC researcher among top 100 African-American leaders list
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 — Adaora Adimora, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and clinical professor of epidemiology in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been selected by “The Root” magazine as one of the top 100 African-American leaders.
Dedication of the UNC McAllister Heart Institute marks new era in heart research
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 — Hugh “Chip” McAllister, M.D., an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has made a three-part gift to establish the UNC McAllister Heart Institute.
Study points to new uses, unexpected side effects of already-existing drugs
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 — Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs.