health

Deb Tate (right) speaks with a young woman holding an iPad with the mPWR app on it in an exam room

One Size Won’t Fit All

Nearly 35 percent of Americans are considered obese — a diagnosis that has become so...

The Known Unknowns

In 2016, a group of North Carolina researchers published evidence of high rates of PFAS...
graphic of red-white-and-blue pills that say vallium, zoloft, prozac, xanax, ritalin, adderall

Military Mindset

Before 2001, the use of prescribed psychoactive medications in U.S. Army warzones was restricted. But...
Julianna Prim (right) monitors Ryan Brooks' heart rate on a computer as he steps up on a platform

Combating Concussions

There are a thousand ways service members can receive mild traumatic brain injuries during training...
Karen Sheffield

Karen Sheffield

Karen Sheffield is a doctoral candidate in the UNC School of Nursing. Her research focuses...
a girl wears an augmented reality headset while controlling long rods on a simulator that mimics laparoscopic surgery

Augmented Health Care

Henry Fuchs is always looking 20 years ahead, and two decades from now the computer...
Tainayah Thomas

Tainayah Thomas

Tainayah Thomas is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Behavior within the UNC...

Sprains and the Brain

Most people don’t think a sprained ankle is serious, but Erik Wikstrom disagrees. The UNC...
Glenn Reside and Pawel Plakwicz

A Tooth for a Tooth

When an adult loses a front tooth, dentists can replace it with an implant. What...