Latest news from University of North Carolina Health Care System on News en-us Copyright 2024 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/treatment-advances-predictive-biomarkers-stand-to-improve-bladder-cancer-care/?sc=rsin /articles/treatment-advances-predictive-biomarkers-stand-to-improve-bladder-cancer-care/?sc=rsin Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:00:00 EST Recent advances in bladder cancer treatments may offer hope of curative care to more patients, including those with high-risk localized, muscle-invasive disease, according to a New England Journal of Medicine editorial published by Matthew Milowsky, MD, FASCO, a bladder cancer expert at UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/students-at-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-hbcus-face-barriers-to-medical-school-admission-study-finds/?sc=rsin /articles/students-at-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-hbcus-face-barriers-to-medical-school-admission-study-finds/?sc=rsin Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:45:07 EST A new study led by Jasmine Weiss, MD, MHS, FAAP, assistant professor of pediatrics in the UNC School of Medicine, describes the barriers to medical school admission that students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) may face. The study was published in JAMA Network Open. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/a-new-therapy-to-prevent-or-delay-type-1-diabetes-now-available-at-unc-children-s-hospital/?sc=rsin /articles/a-new-therapy-to-prevent-or-delay-type-1-diabetes-now-available-at-unc-children-s-hospital/?sc=rsin Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:20:28 EST Physician scientists at the UNC School of Medicine played a pivotal role in getting this therapy to the bedside, from assisting with clinical trials to the infusion of the first pediatric patient in North Carolina at UNC Children's. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/neuroscientists-uncover-brain-circuits-involved-in-placebo-effect-for-pain-relief/?sc=rsin /articles/neuroscientists-uncover-brain-circuits-involved-in-placebo-effect-for-pain-relief/?sc=rsin Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:45:00 EST Publishing in Nature, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers and colleagues discovered a pain control pathway that links the cingulate cortex in the front of the brain, through the pons region of the brainstem, to cerebellum in the back of the brain. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/researchers-demonstrate-how-vital-conditions-enable-perinatal-well-being/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-demonstrate-how-vital-conditions-enable-perinatal-well-being/?sc=rsin Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:05:25 EST Perinatal mental illness is a leading cause of death during pregnancy and the first postpartum year in the U.S. Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, professor of maternal fetal medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, authored a study with colleagues on how a holistic approach comprising seven domains can foster conditions for women and birthing people to thrive. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/berkowitz-authors-nejm-perspective-piece-on-food-insecurity/?sc=rsin /articles/berkowitz-authors-nejm-perspective-piece-on-food-insecurity/?sc=rsin Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:05:28 EST Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, wrote perspective piece on how medically tailored meals address health consequences of food insecurity. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/drug-in-outmatch-clinical-trial-fda-approved-for-the-reduction-of-allergic-reactions-from-accidental-food-exposures/?sc=rsin /articles/drug-in-outmatch-clinical-trial-fda-approved-for-the-reduction-of-allergic-reactions-from-accidental-food-exposures/?sc=rsin Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:05:45 EST Stage one results from the OUtMATCH clinical trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that a monoclonal antibody, omalizumab, increased the amount of peanut, tree nuts, egg, milk and wheat that multi-food allergic children as young as age one could consume without an allergic reaction. Edwin Kim, MD, Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, and Mike Kulis, PhD, are contributing authors. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/unc-lineberger-named-as-a-national-research-hub-for-nih-cancer-screening-study/?sc=rsin /articles/unc-lineberger-named-as-a-national-research-hub-for-nih-cancer-screening-study/?sc=rsin Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:00:00 EST UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected as one of nine national research sites for the National Cancer Institute's newly launched Cancer Screening Research Network, which will evaluate promising and emerging cancer screening technologies. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/how-two-sisters-continue-to-soar-with-sickle-cell-disease/?sc=rsin /articles/how-two-sisters-continue-to-soar-with-sickle-cell-disease/?sc=rsin Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:30:39 EST Sydney and Sheridan Taylor of Durham, North Carolina, have lived with this rare genetic disorder all of their lives. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/unc-hospitals-performs-first-domino-liver-transplant-in-decades/?sc=rsin /articles/unc-hospitals-performs-first-domino-liver-transplant-in-decades/?sc=rsin Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:05:24 EST Chirag Desai, MD, FACS, an abdominal organ transplant and hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgeon at UNC Hospitals, performed a "domino" liver transplant, which helped two patients from a single donor without splitting a liver. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/scientists-reveal-role-of-notorious-cell-subpopulation-in-antibiotic-failure/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-reveal-role-of-notorious-cell-subpopulation-in-antibiotic-failure/?sc=rsin Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:05:16 EST Antibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, a global health problem. But UNC School of Medicine scientists with Duke School of Medicine colleagues have documented another culprit in clinical antibiotic failure: bacterial persister cells. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/vosshall-named-22nd-perl-unc-neuroscience-prize-recipient/?sc=rsin /articles/vosshall-named-22nd-perl-unc-neuroscience-prize-recipient/?sc=rsin Tue, 09 Jan 2024 09:05:04 EST Leslie B. Vosshall, PhD, the Robin Chemers Neustein Professor of Neurogenetics and Behavior at The Rockefeller University, will receive the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize for her work on receptors that drive host-seeking behavior in the mosquito. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/removing-the-penicillin-allergic-label-researchers-introduce-padme/?sc=rsin /articles/removing-the-penicillin-allergic-label-researchers-introduce-padme/?sc=rsin Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:05:34 EST Doctors at the UNC School of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's collaborate to develop an innovative, patient-initiated online platform designed to remove the penicillin allergy label from misdiagnosed pediatric patients. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/unc-researchers-reveal-prevalence-of-persistent-symptoms-in-patients-with-microscopic-colitis/?sc=rsin /articles/unc-researchers-reveal-prevalence-of-persistent-symptoms-in-patients-with-microscopic-colitis/?sc=rsin Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:05:45 EST A new study led by Walker Redd, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, examines how multiple factors contribute to the miscommunication and understanding of the digestive disease, microscopic colitis. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/doctors-discover-many-patients-at-unc-s-inflammatory-bowel-disease-clinic-screen-positive-for-malnutrition/?sc=rsin /articles/doctors-discover-many-patients-at-unc-s-inflammatory-bowel-disease-clinic-screen-positive-for-malnutrition/?sc=rsin Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:05:19 EST Research led by first and second authors Aaron C. Viser, Adelaide R. Cooke, and corresponding author Anne F. Peery, MD, associate professor of medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, reveals how a screening tool can measure the prevalence of malnutrition among patients at the UNC Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/antibodies-to-cow-s-milk-linked-to-increased-risk-of-cardiovascular-death/?sc=rsin /articles/antibodies-to-cow-s-milk-linked-to-increased-risk-of-cardiovascular-death/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 Nov 2023 04:05:00 EST Analyses led by Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, of two longitudinal studies reveal how an increased level of an antibody called immunoglobin (IgE) to cow's milk is associated to cardiovascular-related death. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/new-promising-clinical-trial-for-glioblastoma-starting-at-unc-health/?sc=rsin /articles/new-promising-clinical-trial-for-glioblastoma-starting-at-unc-health/?sc=rsin Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:05:38 EST UNC Health is the only academic healthcare system in North Carolina and the South participating in the randomized trial, which aims to assess the safety and efficacy of a combination immunotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/new-procedure-at-unc-restores-eyesight-sensation-for-patients-with-rare-eye-condition/?sc=rsin /articles/new-procedure-at-unc-restores-eyesight-sensation-for-patients-with-rare-eye-condition/?sc=rsin Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:05:24 EST Matthew Miller, MD, Daniel Rubinstein, MD, and Hussam Banna, MD, from the UNC School of Medicine joined forces to perform the first corneal neurotization procedure at UNC, a life-changing surgery for patients who have neurotrophic keratitis. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/for-toddlers-allergic-to-peanuts-a-tiny-bit-of-protein-therapy-under-the-tongue-could-be-the-best-approach/?sc=rsin /articles/for-toddlers-allergic-to-peanuts-a-tiny-bit-of-protein-therapy-under-the-tongue-could-be-the-best-approach/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:05:47 EST A clinical study led by Edwin Kim, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine, showed how Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy (Peanut SLIT) is safe and effective in children ranging from 1-to-4 years of age. Remission of peanut allergy was also possible after three months of stopping the treatment. University of North Carolina Health Care System /articles/poor-oral-health-could-lessen-survival-from-head-and-neck-cancer/?sc=rsin /articles/poor-oral-health-could-lessen-survival-from-head-and-neck-cancer/?sc=rsin Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:00:00 EST An international study has revealed strong associations between oral health and survival among people diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Specifically, better oral health, as evidenced by the number of natural teeth and dental visits prior to the time of diagnosis, was associated with increased survival. University of North Carolina Health Care System