Vital Signs Archives

This year’s match results show that only 91.8% of pediatric residency slots were successfully filled by programs compared to a higher percentage in years past. This ongoing outcome has many physicians in the field worried about the declining interest in pediatric subspecialties. Katherine Jordan, MD, and Priyanka Rao, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine wrote a JAMA perspective piece asking, “Where are all the pediatricians?”

Headspace, the popular wellness app, is available to UNC Health Employees, a partnership highlighted in a two-part episode of the TarHeal Wellness podcast exploring the partnership and available resources, including evidence-based meditation and mindfulness tools, mental health coaching, therapy, psychiatry, and family support.

The UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program published a study about the effectiveness of pictorial health warning labels as proven tools for communicating the dangers of tobacco product use. The study, led by Sonia Clark, MHA, a social clinical research specialist in the UNC Department of Family Medicine, sought to identify the most effective types of images to pair with newly developed cigar health warning labels.

UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program (TPEP) researchers performed a content analysis of all candy tobacco imitation products available for online purchase in the United States, finding that 75% of candy tobacco imitation products that had packaging design available had content that appealed to youth.

In the lead essay, Oberlander argues that partisan divisions between Democrats and Republicans are reshaping U.S. health politics.

Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, professor of Social Medicine and research professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, is lead author of "Beneath the Sword of Damocles: Moral Obligations of Physicians in a Post-Dobbs Landscape."

Michelle Floris-Moore, MD, MS, will deliver the lecture in honor of Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH on June 20.

UNC Addiction Medicine Program and CORE NC presented on "Low Threshold MOUD: Partnering with Community to Expand Access" during the Morning Plenary at the 2024 Addiction Medicine Conference and shared new video on the Atlas Mobile Clinic community-campus partnership in Robeson County.

Published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, a study led by Anne Peery, MD, and Walker Redd, MD in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, shows that the prevalence of colorectal cancer is low in most patients with diverticulitis. However, patients with complicated diverticulitis are the exception.

In a research letter published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, researchers Selena Kleber, Remi Philips, and corresponding author Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, examined reports of tobacco sales, sponsorships, and policies at professional golf tournaments.

In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Elizabeth Minor in the Ehre lab. Inspired by an immunology and cancer immunotherapy class during her time at the University of Virginia, Minor now studies viral challenges like SARS-CoV-2 and cystic fibrosis at the prestigious Marsico Lung Institute/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center.

Spending four hours in the chemistry lab as lab partners at Wake Forest University was when it all started. This Valentine’s Day, Cy and Kandis Fogleman, 4th-year medical students at the UNC School of Medicine, share how their relationship blossomed as they learned about each other’s love for rural medicine, discovered shared values, and pursued their personal and career goals.

Category: Vital Signs

Disinterest in Pediatric Care? Jordan and Rao Pen Perspective Piece on Pediatric Workforce Decline

TarHeal Wellness Podcast Highlights Headspace App Access to UNC Health Employees

Research Reveals Most Effective Images for Cigar Health Warning Labels

Candy Tobacco Imitation Products Availability and Marketing Linked to Children

Oberlander Edits Special Issue on Polarization, Partisanship and Health

Lyerly Is Lead Author of Article In The Hastings Center Report

Floris-Moore to Deliver Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture

UNC Addiction Medicine Program and CORE Community Partners Present at 2024 Addiction Medicine Conference

Detection of Missed Colorectal Cancer Remains Low for Most Diverticulitis Patients

UNC Students and Faculty Release Report on Tobacco Use at Professional Golf Courses

Five Questions with Elizabeth Minor

Medicine & Matrimony: Med Student Couple Shares Importance of Relationship & Goals in Becoming Physicians