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Overheard | Friday, January 20, 2012

Carolina, quoted

“There’s strong belief that the more we test, the more we are helping patients. This is a good example of why that doesn’t hold up at all.” —Margaret Gourlay

by Jason Smith
Overview | Tuesday, January 10, 2012

iSpy

Most photographers have all the camera power they need to see what someone’s typing on a touchscreen phone two hundred feet away.

by Susan Hardy
Features | Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Signal to Noise

We know more about fragile X syndrome than any other piece of the autism puzzle. How close are we to a cure?

by Margarite Nathe
Features | Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Price of Pork

There are now as many hogs in North Carolina as people. What does that mean for the folks living near the big farms?

by Susan Hardy
Features | Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Letter from a mother

Two of Pamela Brode’s three sons were born with fragile X syndrome. 

by Margarite Nathe
Features | Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Screening for fragile X syndrome

If your newborn carried an incurable condition, would you want to know?

by Margarite Nathe
Overview | Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Weighty talks

A conversation starter to keep overweight kids from growing into overweight adults.

by Beth Mole
Overview | Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Breakthrough of the Year

The journal Science names Myron Cohen’s HIV prevention research the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year.

Overview | Friday, December 16, 2011

An app for better driving?

Using a cell phone while driving is a serious no-no. But what about a smartphone app that you tap before you start driving? UNC researchers are developing a new one that could help prevent car accidents among teens.

by Mark Derewicz
Overheard | Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Carolina, quoted

There is no accepted definition of journalism or who is a journalist. Judges have wisely shied away from wading into that debate unless they absolutely have to.” —David Ardia

by Jason Smith