Category: 2018
Researchers awarded $5.5M to improve colorectal cancer screening in North Carolina
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers were awarded $5.5 million to increase colorectal cancer screening, follow-up and care referrals in community health centers in North Carolina.
Dr. Christopher Caulfield Interviewed by Today’s Hospitalist
Dr. Christopher A. Caulfield discusses a UNC hospitalist study that suggests hospitalists can safely aid patients by reducing the costs and adverse outcomes associated with unnecessary hospitalization.
New York Times Article Features Pulmonary’s Dr. William Fischer
Dr. Fischer from the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine has been featured in a NY Times article discussing the success of experimental treatments for Ebola in Central Africa.
Susan G. Komen Awards UNC Lineberger $1.1M For Breast Cancer Research
Included in the new investments by Susan G. Komen was $400,000 for UNC Lineberger’s Lisa Carey, MD, the physician-in-chief of the N.C. Cancer Hospital, Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor in Breast Cancer Research, chief of the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, and a member of the Komen Scientific Advisory Board, for a study of HER2- … Continued
Genomic Study Finds New Role for MicroRNAs As Predictors of Crohn’s Disease Progression
These findings by UNC School of Medicine researchers are an important step forward in designing more effective clinical trials and developing personalized Crohn’s disease therapies.
Diabetes Experts Release New Guidelines for Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes
New recommendations, co-written by UNC School of Medicine’s John Buse, MD, PhD, cover the type of drugs patients should be prescribed and how providers can better help patients manage their health.
Hip Fracture Study Compares Hospitalist and Non-hospitalist Services
Hospitalist study comparing outcomes for patients with hip fracture, suggests there is a benefit to hospitalist co-management.
Nephrology Study Shows Need for More Training in Women’s Health
Clinical instructor Monica Reynolds, MD, presented research at ASN Kidney Week that shows nephrologists often lack confidence in managing women’s health issues that may be related to kidney disease. The study was one of only a few selected from thousands, for special release during ASN Kidney Week, the premier US and international clinical and scientific meeting focused on kidney … Continued
ASN’s Kidney Week 2018 Selects Dr. Amy Mottl’s Paper for “Best of” Session
Mottl’s research suggests aggressive treatment of blood pressure and cholesterol may result in poor kidney outcomes in some patients with type 2 diabetes.
Geriatric Medicine and Emergency Medicine United in Hillsborough
Older adults will find a geriatrics-accredited emergency department at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus, one of just twenty such centers of age-friendly emergency care in the nation.