According to a new study, women with a family history of breast cancer were 59 percent less likely to develop breast cancer themselves if they breastfed their children.
As we prepare for the opening of the N.C. Cancer Hospital on Aug. 17, this video provides a look at cancer care at UNC then, now and into the future from Dr. Wesley Fowler, director of Gynecologic Oncology.
UNC Hospitals was listed as one of the academic medical centers that “rose to the top” of the patient ratings Consumer Reports used to rate more than 3,400 U.S. hospitals.
Cleverley & Associates has named UNC Hospitals one of the country’s top 100 hospitals in its 2009 Community Value Index ranking. The CVI was created to “provide a measure of the value that a hospital provides to its community,” according to a company press release.
The following updates come from UNC Health Care's Transportation and Parking office, the UNC Department of Public Safety, Chapel Hill Transit, and Triangle Transit.
Back to school time can be problematic for both children and parents. UNC Health Care experts offer tips for dealing with five issues that might arise.
Vera Moura, M.D., will teach three-month courses of Mind-Body Skills tailored specifically to health-care professionals and for the general public. Attendance requires an interview with Dr. Moura; each group is limited to eight participants.
UNC-Chapel Hill helps sponsor Aware for All on Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., at North Carolina Central University's School of Education. AWARE for All is an educational program that is free and open to the public for the purpose of providing education to help people make informed decisions about clinical research participation.
The Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR), in which Dr. Jongbae J. Park, a faculty member of the Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, serves as a Board of Directors, invites researchers and practitioners to submit abstracts to their 2010 Conference by August 1, 2009, and register to attend
