Sep

Results of major breast cancer screening trial show some women may benefit from digital mammograms

CHAPEL HILL -- Digital mammography detected significantly (up to 28 percent) more cancers than screen film mammography in women ages 50 and younger, premenopausal and perimenopausal women, and women with dense breasts, according to results from the ACRIN Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST).

National agency selects UNC for one of 13 centers to compare treatments, put them into practice

CHAPEL HILL - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has selected the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct studies testing what treatments work best for particular health conditions - and with the goal of promoting better patient outcomes.

Briefs: Clarke-Pearson named chairman of obstetrics and gynecology

Dr. Daniel Clarke-Pearson has been named chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology and the Robert A. Ross distinguished professor, both within UNC's School of Medicine.

Boy Scout troop creates butterfly garden at N.C. Children's Hospital

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Spirit ... Transformation ... Hope. The butterfly is a symbol of all these. For children and adults with cancer and other serious illnesses, the butterfly represents what is possible.

Dr. Bruce Cairns named 'Physician of the Year' by North Carolina State Society for Respiratory Care

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Dr. Bruce Cairns, associate director of the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center and director of the Burn Intensive Care Unit at UNC Hospitals, has been named "Physician of the Year" by the North Carolina State Society for Respiratory Care.

Landmark UNC-led schizophrenia study finds older drug comparably effective to newer drugs

CHAPEL HILL -- A landmark study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine researchers has found that a drug used since the 1950s to treat people with schizophrenia works about as well as four newer, more expensive drugs introduced in the 1990s.

Cohen receives society's highest honor for lifetime achievement in research

Dr. Myron S. Cohen, J. Herbert Bate distinguished professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology in UNC's School of Medicine and of epidemiology in UNC's School of Public Health, has received the 2005 Thomas Parran Award from the American Venereal Disease Association.

Researchers identify core traits strongly linked to eating disorders affecting 11 million Americans

CHAPEL HILL -- An international team of researchers led by investigators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has identified six core traits that appear to be linked to genes associated with two common eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

Ground broken for new N.C. Cancer Hospital at UNC Hospitals

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Today ground was broken to begin construction of the new N.C. Cancer Hospital, which will be built in front of the existing University of North Carolina Hospitals complex.

Study points to molecular origin of neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington's disease

CHAPEL HILL -- New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine points to the possible molecular origin of at least nine human diseases of nervous system degeneration.

N. C. Children's Hospital joins national network of children's hospitals

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions has accepted North Carolina Children's Hospital for Institutional membership.

'Run for the Kids' set in three cities across North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will serve as one of three host sites and members of the school's track and field team will assist with the staging of the second annual "Run for the Kids" on Saturday, Sept. 10, to benefit the N.C. Children's Heart Center.

UNC researchers: New magnetic resonance imaging technique is useful in early detection of pancreatic cancer

CHAPEL HILL -- Research conducted at the University of North Carolina Hospitals shows that a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique is very successful for early detection of pancreatic cancer.

UNC Health Care raises its minimum wage to $10 an hour

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - On Friday, Sept. 16, UNC Health Care's board of directors announced that the salaries of the system's lowest-paid workers will be raised to a minimum of $10 an hour or $20,800 a year.