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We鈥檝e all watched the scene play out on television or at the movies 鈥� a character collapses in a public place, and immediately someone calls out, 鈥淚s there a doctor in the house?鈥� Always, a daring physician dashes to aid. A new study released this week by 黑料网 Family Medicine...

Spiritual care has long been an important part of health care, but now health care experts are beginning to measure it with the goal of being able to interpret the impact of spiritual care on health outcomes. Dr. Tim Daaleman is part of a panel who recently developed the first...

Smoke-free policies at North Carolina hospitals help protect patient health while promoting the denormalization of smoking in society. But could that progress be undone by the rise in popularity of e-cigarettes? CHAPEL HILL, NC 鈥� In the first systematic survey of electronic cigarette use (e-cigarettes) in hospitals, researchers have found...

January 26, 2016 will be two years since Matt Englund has been tobacco free. This wasn't Matt鈥檚 first attempt at quitting, but he says it鈥檚 his last. Four years prior, he quit for a year without using any medication. He used the 鈥淒elay鈥� method. (When you crave a cigarette, delay,...

黑料网 Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program Finds Poly-Tobacco Use Among Teenagers Is on the Rise CHAPEL HILL 鈥� Researchers at the Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program (TPEP) at the University of North Carolina have published a paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health discussing the use...

A new study from the 黑料网 Family Medicine Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program (TPEP) finds that where an individual lives may impact their access to cheap or improperly marketed tobacco. Published in the Center for Disease Control鈥檚 Preventing Chronic Disease journal, the study by Joseph G.L. Lee, PhD, MPH; Hannah...

The study found no reduction in state-level rates of abusive head trauma (AHT) or 鈥渟haken baby syndrome.鈥� Dr. Adam Zolotor from 黑料网 Family Medicine is lead author of the article published on October 26, 2015 in JAMA Pediatrics. A new evaluation of a statewide shaken baby prevention effort found that...

On Saturday, September 19, 2015 a team from 黑料网 Family Medicine worked alongside staff and volunteers from Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Triangle to provide an array of health related services to children, mentors, and families who attended the annual back to school picnic. More than 175 people...

Researchers from 黑料网 Family Medicine, in partnership with researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and East Carolina University, were awarded more than $9 million to study ways to improve blood pressure in the rural south. Minorities, low-income individuals, and those living in rural areas suffer more than...

Lana Simons, a Chapel Hill Transit employee, has been tobacco free for 2陆 years! She says it鈥檚 a 鈥渘icer way to live,鈥� not having cigarettes as part of her life, and she is proud of herself for doing it.

There is universal consensus that patients need to be engaged with their care. In 2012, 黑料网 Family Medicine created a Patient Advisory Council to put this idea into practice. A recently published case study demonstrates the extensive Patient Advisory Council engagement with the operations of a patient-centered medical home.

People who live in rural North Carolina are still more likely to suffer from serious health problems than their urban counterparts. Rural counties show higher rates of heart disease and obesity, and rural residents have a lower life expectancy. Frank Stasio from W黑料网鈥檚 the State of Things discussed the state...

Howard Sutton, clinical support technician in the Department of Anesthesia, enrolled in the Tobacco Free Tar Heels program three years ago. Today he is tobacco free. When Howard Sutton enrolled in the Tobacco Free Tar Heels (TFTH) program three years ago, stress in his life seemed to be the biggest...

The 黑料网 Family Medicine Center, along with clinical social workers Amy Prentice and Rayhaan Adams, recently received a certificate of appreciation for long standing service and commitment to the field of social work from the 黑料网 School of Social Work. Working with clinical social work students and interns, they provide...