April 06, 2005 Dr. Marilie Gammon CHAPEL HILL — The Lance Armstrong Foundation recently awarded a research grant to Dr. Marilie Gammon of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study the potential correlation between flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk and survival. While researchers have found obesity at diagnosis to affect the... Read more »
April 04, 2005 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill appears on numerous lists of newly ranked schools, programs and specialty areas produced by U.S. News and World Report magazine for its 2006 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.””While achieving high rankings is not our primary goal and the system is far from perfect,... Read more »
April 04, 2005 CHAPEL HILL – Obesity apparently reduces laboratory mice’s ability to turn on elements of their immune systems needed for controlling influenza infection, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine study shows.The findings raise the possibility that obesity in humans has a similar effect, scientists say. Compared... Read more »
March 29, 2005 CHAPEL HILL — New strains of antibiotic-resistant staph infections will be the topic of an April 8 program sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health, in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”Antimicrobial Resistance: Old Bugs, New Threats and the Public... Read more »
March 28, 2005 CHAPEL HILL — Dr. Susan P. Baker, the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, will reflect on leaders who have paved the way in safety research at an April 6 lecture on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.The 2005 Patricia F. Waller Memorial... Read more »
March 22, 2005 CHAPEL HILL — A poll of 811 North Carolinians released today (March 22) finds that nearly three-quarters surveyed (72 percent) favor increasing the state cigarette tax as a way of generating additional funding for public health research.North Carolina currently charges a five-cent tax per cigarette pack, which will be the lowest tax... Read more »
March 18, 2005 CHAPEL HILL — Women’s health researchers statewide will give presentations on the latest research, including breast cancer, preventive care, eating disorders and health disparities, at the sixth annual Women’s Health Research Day, to be held Wednesday (March 23) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.The event will be held from... Read more »
March 18, 2005 CHAPEL HILL — Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report that in a study of people with esophageal and stomach cancer, patients who were overweight and those with moderate or high incomes had a lower risk of death, while women survived longer than men.The study included more than... Read more »
March 10, 2005 CHAPEL HILL – The largest, most comprehensive study ever done comparing the effectiveness of hand hygiene products shows that nothing works better in getting rid of disease-causing viruses than simply washing one’s hands with good old-fashioned soap and water.Among the viruses soapy hand washing flushes down the drain is the one... Read more »
March 08, 2005 CHAPEL HILL — In most countries, including developing nations, being overweight now afflicts more young women than being underweight, a new international study concludes.That pattern holds true even when comparing women from urban and rural areas, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows. The only exceptions remain in... Read more »
