health

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Seeking Solace through the Screen

Anonymous online chat therapy groups for people with bulimia nervosa prove just as effective as...
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Oliver Smithies, Carolina’s First Nobel Laureate, Passes Away at 91

Oliver Smithies, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s first full-time faculty member to...
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A Living Scalpel to Fight Brain Cancer

A new technique uses stem cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs to aggressive brain tumors that...
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A Caregiving Community at Carolina

A new program funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation strives to create better work-life...
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This Is Your World on Drugs

Hendrée Jones, director of UNC Horizons, works tirelessly every day to help mothers and children...
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Scraping for Secrets on Online Drug Forums

Online forums provide an outlet for drug users — and a source of information for...
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Science for Safer Food

For the past 10 years, UNC researcher Rachel Noble has been developing technology to keep...
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

UNC began treating blood disorders in 1947 — setting the stage for major breakthroughs in hemophilia...
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Another Piece of the Puzzle

UNC clinical researchers begin the largest-ever genetic study of autism to elucidate the complex genetics...