August 23, 2006 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill grew its total amount of research grants and contracts in fiscal year 2006 to a new high of $593 million. The total represents a 2.4 percent increase from fiscal 2005’s $579 million, and more than twice the amount the university received as recently as... Read more »
August 17, 2006 Billing data routinely collected by primary care providers can help public health authorities detect outbreaks of emerging infections, according to a pilot study conducted by UNC researchers. The study, published in the July/August 2006 issue of the Annals of Family Medicine, tracked standardized illness codes recorded each day at a primary care... Read more »
August 16, 2006 Behavioral counseling that is computer automated can enhance weight loss for individuals following an Internet-based weight loss program, according to a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. Dr. Deborah Tate “As more consumers seek information on the web, it’s... Read more »
August 10, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal legislation that would regulate buying and selling of tobacco products online could significantly reduce youth access to cigarettes via the Internet and ensure taxes are properly collected, Carolina School of Public Health faculty and alumni recently told the Congressional Task Force on Tobacco and Health. Dr. Kurt Ribisl... Read more »
August 04, 2006 An ingredient found in many shampoos and other personal care products appears to interfere with normal brain development in baby mice when applied to the skin of pregnant mice, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have discovered. When Diethanolamine (DEA) was applied to the skin of pregnant mice, the fetuses... Read more »
July 29, 2006 Emergency preparedness and response training materials developed by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health are being used to help North Carolina daycare providers and staff members prepare for both natural and man-made disasters. The “Emergency Preparedness and Response for Child Care Training Module,”... Read more »
July 25, 2006 Jen Horney, NCCPHP Assistant Director BANGKOK, Thailand – The way health officials respond when the first cases of avian flu are reported in their countries could mean the difference between a few contained cases and the start of a widespread outbreak. To help health officials prepare to respond as efficiently as possible,... Read more »
July 03, 2006 Most teenaged construction workers in North Carolina are doing jobs that are considered risky or are prohibited by federal and state labor laws, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study published this week in the journal Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.The study was based on telephone survey... Read more »
June 08, 2006 Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health have designed an easy-to-use health literacy test to help U.S. health care workers better communicate with and care for Spanish-speaking patients. Dr. Shoou-Yih D. Lee The new test, SAHLSA (Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Spanish-speaking Adults), helps... Read more »
June 07, 2006 For decades, researchers have tried to understand why breast cancer in younger black women is such a significant public health problem.Black women have fewer breast cancers than white women, but their mortality is worse. Black women under the age of 50 have a 77 percent higher mortality rate from breast cancer than... Read more »
