Author Archives: Donna Parker
UNC Family Medicine is now on Facebook
We are excited to join Facebook! Check out our page and make sure to ‘like us’ to get our latest news on everything from education to research to patient care. Please find our page by searching UNC Family Medicine. If you have a Facebook account, you can like our page by clicking here. We would … Read more
Mobile Mammography comes to the UNC Family Medicine Center
The UNC Rex Mammography Van came to the Family Medicine Center to provide patients with free or low cost mammograms. That day, the Family Medicine Center staff wore pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. The mission of UNC’s mobile mammography program is to take high-quality mammography services to areas where women have difficulty accessing … Read more
To test or not to test: Blood glucose monitoring for patients with type 2 diabetes
UNC Family Medicine physician, Katrina Donahue, MD MPH, is part of a team of researchers to receive more than $2 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study glucose monitoring in non-insulin treated patients living with type 2 diabetes, The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved a research award to the University of … Read more
Should doctors be involved in the concealed-weapons permit process?
UNC’s Dr. Adam Goldstein and colleagues discuss in the New England Journal of Medicine medical, ethical, and legal concerns about physician involvement in concealed weapons permits. They argue that standards, protocols and new policies are needed for physicians to adequately assess a patient’s physical or mental competency in concealed-weapons permitting. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In … Read more