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Three UNC specialties nationally ranked by U.S. News
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Overall, eleven specialties at UNC Hospitals were recognized as nationally ranked or high performing by U.S. News & World Report in its annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue.
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July
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UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders hosted successful symposium for patients
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The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders hosted a symposium for patients with functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders on June 23 - 24. The symposium brought together several of the top U.S. experts in the field who gave presentations designed to give an update on the current state of knowledge about treatments for these disorders.
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June 28
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Join us Wednesday for a Google+ hangout with Dr. William E. Whitehead
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UNC Health Care's first-ever Google+ hangout at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, will preview the Expert Update on Treatments for Functional GI Disorders taking place this weekend.
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June
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Patient survival not impacted by liver transplants performed at night or on weekends
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A new study led by Dr. A. Sidney Barritt IV of UNC shows that liver transplants performed at night or on weekends do not adversely affect patient or graft survival.
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April
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Whitehead receives 5-year AHRQ R01 grant for managing fecal incontinence
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William E. Whitehead, PhD, Director of the UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders, was awarded a 5-year AHRQ R01 grant to test a promising cost-effective nurse-delivered conservative treatment for fecal incontinence that was developed at the Center.
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April 5
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RN: Real Nurses - Gina Althoff
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Gina Althoff, a nurse at UNC Hospitals, describes herself as "not very outgoing" at work. But if you happen to be one of the many participants sweating it out in her Les Mills Body Combat class in Chapel Hill, that's probably the last thing you would think about her.
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March
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CGIBD Thursday Research Seminar Series
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M. Bishr Omary, MD, PhD, will be a visiting professor to the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease and will present at the CGIBD Research Seminar Series on Thursday, March 22.
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March 22
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Network approach improves outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease despite lack of new treatments
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In this study, the proportion of children with Crohn’s disease in remission increased from 55 percent to 68 percent, with a similar improvement in ulcerative colitis patients.
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March
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Recession and high co-pays tied to fewer colonoscopy screenings among people with commercial health insurance
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UNC researchers found that during the recent U.S. recession, continuously insured Americans underwent fewer screening colonoscopies.
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February
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CGIBD Thursday Research Seminar Series
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Richard Peek, MD, to present at Thursday, Feb. 16 CGIBD Research Seminar Series.
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Feb. 16