Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of December 20 – January 9

The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, December 20, 2024.

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UNC Health Burn Center shares warning ahead of the holidays – Dr. Booker King (WNCN-TV)

U.S. BMI drops for first time in a decade: New study reveals promising health trends – Dr. Andrea Coviello (WRAL-TV)

The CEOs are tripping. Can psychedelics help the C-suite? – Dr. Bryan Roth (The Seattle Times)

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Alleviating Chronic Pain – Dr. Bryan Roth (Technology Networks)

Can Gene Therapy Treat Chronic Pain? – Dr. Bryan Roth (Labroots)

Build your own receptor: modular system can be tailored to any antigen – Dr. Bryan Roth (Nature)

New Osteoarthritis Diagnostic Test Developed, but Experts Are Skeptical – Dr. Amanda Nelson (Medscape)

Alpha-gal Syndrome: West Virginians speak out on their many frustrations – Dr. Scott P. Commins (WTAP)

ACG updates clinical guideline for EoE ahead of ‘more advances in the coming years’ – Dr. Evan S. Dellon (Healio)

Triangle hospitals continuing to see ‘uptick’ in respiratory illnesses – Dr. David Weber (WTVD)

Winter blues: How to cope with seasonal affective disorder – Dr. Megan Pruette (WRAL)

UNC Health Pardee to invest $30m in adolescent behavioural facility – Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody (Hospitalmanagement.net)

New Model Makes MRI More Accurate and Reliable – Dr. Li Wang (Med Imaging)

PLANNING YOUR NEXT DOCTOR’S VISIT – Dr. Sachin Gupta (WNCN (CBS 17)

Are midlife eating disorders on the rise? – Dr. Cynthia Bulik (The Australian Women’s Weekly)

WAYS TO COPE WITH STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH DURING THE HOLIDAYS – Dr. Julia Riddle WTVD (ABC11)

ICYMI: Highlights From AUA 2024 – Dr. Matthew Nielsen (American Journal of Managed Care)

‘Quad-demic’ surge: Several hospitals limiting visitors during spike in respiratory illnesses – Dr. Daniel Park (WRAL)

PMDD treatment: Doctors share remedies that may help symptoms – Dr. Julia N. Riddle (TODAY)

Carolina researcher develops a way to see organelles in action – Dr. Sarah Cohen (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Study Reveals Importance of Bile Acids and other Metabolites in Food Allergies and Treatment – Dr. Yamini Virkud (Newswise)

A ‘quad-demic’ hit NC this winter, and now a 5th virus is spreading. How to stay safe – Dr. David Weber (MSN.com)

Metsera Announces Positive Topline Phase 2a Clinical Data for its Ultra-Long Acting GLP-1 Receptor Agonist, MET-097i – Dr. John Buse (BioSpace)

Triangle hospitals limit visitors amid rise of respiratory illnesses – Dr. Dan Park (WTDV)

DBV Technologies Announces Positive 3-Year Results from EPITOPE Phase 3 Open-Label Extension Study – Dr. Edwin Kim (BioSpace)

Long-Acting GLP-1 Shows Positive Results in Phase 2 Study – Dr. John Buse (Drug Topics)