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Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment?
In the first large pragmatic trial of its kind in the United States, results from a UNC School of Medicine study show that checking finger-stick blood sugars may not help diabetes patients who do not use insulin. UNC Family Medicine’s research director, Dr. Katrina Donahue, was the senior author on the study.
Andy Colon: Motivated for Better Health
Andy Colon decided to quit his tobacco addiction and went all out to create a healthier lifestyle for himself. He changed the way he ate, exercised more and, of course, stopped smoking. A friend told him about the Wellness@Work Tobacco Cessation program and Andy loved the idea of getting the support to quit, as well as the convenience of meeting at his workplace. It gave him the “backbone for change.” The free medications and the incentive of $100 for remaining tobacco free for 6 months encouraged him to reach his goal.
Round-the-clock monitoring: bringing home the blood pressure cuff
We spend the early moments of most healthcare visits si … Read more
Beat Steiner elected President of Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Beat Steiner, MD, MPH, a UNC Family Medicine faculty me … Read more
Dr. Cristy Page named Chair of the Department of Family Medicine
Cristen P. Page, MD, MPH, has been named chair of the d … Read more
Research Spotlight: Q&A With Emily Olsson, CCRP & Julie Gras-Najjar, CCRP
FMC’s Emily Olsson and Julie Gras-Najjar work with UNC’s Hypertension Research Program and help coordinate research studies across the department. Emily and Julie love working with patients, and they especially enjoy collecting data and learning from each study.
Bodenheimer visits UNC, delivers Huntley Lecture, discusses Quadruple Aim
Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, a nationally renowned expert in … Read more