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Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of February 21 – February 27

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The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, February 21, 2024.

Bladder Cancer Survival Better With Nivolumab Than Placebo in New Analysis – Matthew I. Milowsky (Medscape)

How much weight loss is too much? Pharma is pushing the limit with new obesity drugs – Dr. John Batsis (STAT News)

Kate Gessner, MD, on the mechanisms of immunotherapy failure in RCC – Dr. Kate H. Gessner (Urology Times)

Discover CircRes February 2025 – Dr. Frank Conlon (AHA Journals)

Revolutionary treatments come with elevated risks, costs – Dr. Christopher Kelly (The Business Journals)

A Fresh Approach to Family-Centered Care for Adult ICUs – Dr. David Y. Hwang (Newswise)

Nearly 250 people have died from the flu in NC this season. What’s behind the outbreak? – Dr. Abhi Mehrotra (The News & Observer)

UNC part of a groundbreaking food allergy study – Dr. Edwin Kim (The Robesonian)

Flu is spreading rapidly in NC. Is February too late to get a vaccine? We asked a doctor – Dr. Emily Sickbert-Bennett (The News & Observer)

Abnormal Results from Prenatal Blood Test Could Point to Cancer in the Mother – Dr. Neeta Vora (National Cancer Institute)

Weight-loss jabs ‘slash alcohol cravings and curb heavy drinking’ – Dr. Klara Klein (Irish Examiner)

Bladder Cancer Survival Better With Nivolumab Than Placebo in New Analysis – Dr. Matthew I. Milowsky (Medscape)

UNC and Duke Announce First Standalone North Carolina Children’s Hospital – Dr. Wesley Burks (WUKS-FM (St. Pauls, NC)

Who should get the measles vaccine in NC? What to know as US cases are on the rise – Dr. David Weber (The News & Observer)

‘Science has stopped’: UNC community reacts to proposed NIH cuts – Mark Piefer (The Daily Tar Heel)

Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Yields Distinct IgE, IgG4 Profiles in Kids After 5 Years – Dr. Yamini Virkud (HCPLive)

Capacity and Surrogate Decision-Making in the Emergency Department – Dr. Daniel Markwalter and Dr. Susan Kennedy (ScienceDirect)

TBJ reveals 2025 Health Care Leadership Awards winners (gallery) – Dr. Glenn Coates, Dr. Stephanie Davis, and Dr. Edwin Kim (The Business Journals)

A Solution to Cancer Disparities Improves Care for All – Dr. Samuel Cykert (Medscape)

What Cardiologists Want PCPs to Know About Referrals – Dr. Adam Moskowitz (Medscape)

Antidepressant Approvals Could Herald New Era in Psychiatric Drugs – Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody (The Scientist)

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