May

UNC Health Care eliminates bonuses for key executives

CHAPEL HILL – The UNC Health Care System board of directors will no longer offer performance-based bonuses to the system’s key leaders and will reduce the level of bonuses that can be earned by other system executives. The board acted Monday (May 21) on the recommendation of UNC Health Care CEO William L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H., whose own bonus was among those eliminated.

26th annual Camp Celebrate set for May 18-20 at Camp Kanata in Wake Forest

CHAPEL HILL – Camp Celebrate, the first camp in the United States for children who have survived burn injury, will meet for the 26th time May 18-20 at Camp Kanata in Wake Forest, N.C.

Clinical trial of combination hearing aid-cochlear implant device opens at UNC

CHAPEL HILL – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has opened a national clinical trial of a hearing device that combines hearing aid and cochlear implant technology in the same ear.

Connection between weight, self-esteem linked to teen’s race, gender

CHAPEL HILL – Among young teens, race and gender affect whether self-esteem is linked to body weight, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found.

UNC receives Lance Armstrong Foundation grant to study head and neck cancer survivors

CHAPEL HILL – Treatment for head and neck cancer is particularly aggressive, affecting speech, swallowing, breathing and communication. A grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will fund research on the experiences of head and neck cancer survivors, so that health professionals can effectively manage the impact of treatment on a patient’s social, family and work roles.

Lubiprostone relieves abdominal pain associated with constipation

CHAPEL HILL – A drug that provides significant relief to people suffering from infrequent and difficult passage of stool also helps patients suffering from abdominal pain associated with constipation, two studies led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher have found.

Study implicates protein as a trigger of advanced prostate cancer recurrence

CHAPEL HILL – Scientists with the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have for the first time implicated a growth-promoting cellular protein as one trigger of the inevitable recurrence of advanced prostate cancer in men who are undergoing drug treatment to shut down their sex hormones, or androgens.

Family Alert Initiative at N.C. Children’s Hospital wins Socius award from National Patient Safety Foundation

CHAPEL HILL – A new initiative at the N.C. Children’s Hospital that empowers family members of patients to call for help in the hospital is being honored by the National Patient Safety Foundation.

Sun exposure early in life linked to specific skin cancer gene mutation

CHAPEL HILL – Skin cancers often contain different gene mutations, but just how these mutations contribute to the cause of melanomas has been a mystery.

Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon to benefit N.C. Children’s Hospital

CHAPEL HILL – The Swim for Smiles Foundation, a Chapel Hill-based charity in which youths participate in swim-related sporting events that benefit hospitalized children, has opened registration for a youth triathlon for 7-17 year olds.