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Do high e-cigarette taxes drive Indonesian vapers to smoke conventional cigarettes?
Justin Byron, PhD, MHS is the principal investigator on a grant from the Bloomberg Foundation and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control to examine whether a new 57% tax on e-cigarette liquids in Indonesia is driving vapers back to deadly conventional cigarettes.
UNC School of Medicine welcomes fourth class of FIRST Scholars
The UNC School of Medicine is pleased to announce the acceptance of the fourth class of the Fully Integrated Readiness for Service Training (FIRST) Program. Medical students Alex Gregor, Lucas John, Kate Miller, and Michael Steinbacher have been accepted into this accelerated medical curriculum.
What are you doing for your heart?
Heart Health Month Heart disease is the number one caus … Read more
February 2019 Patient Newsletter
Let’s talk health: Heart Health & Medication Manage … Read more
Sugar Isn’t So Sweet
The New Year is the perfect time to start thinking abou … Read more
January 2019 Patient Newsletter
Healthy Moms, Healthy Families IMPLICIT Inter-conceptio … Read more
Nancy DePalma: “Sick and tired” of being held captive by her cigarette addiction
When Nancy DePalma found herself driving to the store over icy roads to buy cigarettes, or smoking butts she found in her ashtrays, she realized she had a problem. She was “sick and tired” of being held captive by her cigarette addiction and embarrassed when her patients and friends smelled cigarette smoke on her.
Rethinking the Strip: $1.3 Million Will Put Discovery into Practice
A landmark UNC School of Medicine study showed that the finger prick blood glucose test is unnecessary for most people with type 2 diabetes, and now researchers Katrina Donahue and Laura Young received a PCORI grant to implement their findings across the country.