Author Archives: Donna Parker
Severe burns, injuries from e-cigarette explosions go under-reported across the country
In a new British Medical Journal editorial, UNC School of Medicine researchers and physicians stress the need for better worldwide surveillance of e-cigarette-related burns and better regulation of e-cigarettes to reduce burn injuries. In the first six months of 2016, doctors at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals treated 10 patients with … Read more
Living Healthy Open House illustrates the power of peer support
UNC Family Medicine hosted a Living Healthy Open House for more than 40 alumni of the program! The event was a time of celebration and learning for people in our community who live with chronic disease as well as their caregivers. During the event held last month, Gloria Gilchrist and Gerardo Vazquez Morales, who attended … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke Team Up to Reduce Tobacco Use
Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Schools of Medicine and Cancer Hospitals, with support from the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program, are collaborating on an innovative training program to prepare health care providers across North Carolina and the U.S. to better assist people addicted to tobacco products and … Read more
UNC Family Medicine Center offers Sports Injury Clinic this fall
Beginning August 20, the UNC Family Medicine Center will again offer a fall walk-in sports injury clinic for local high school and college athletes as well as weekend warriors. The walk-in clinic is on Saturday mornings from 8:00am – 10:00am. All services are provided by Board-Certified Sports Medicine Specialists and include everything from xray and … Read more