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Kwan and King Appointed Medical Directors

Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology and Louise King, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, will each take over their division’s respective Eastowne clinic site as Medical Director. Allergy and Immunology Clinic Dr. Mildred Kwan will be stepping … Read more

Wearable Devices Can Increase Health Anxiety. Could They Adversely Affect Health?

For patients with atrial fibrillation, using a wearable device can lead to higher rates of anxiety about their Afib symptoms and treatment, doctor visits, and use of informal healthcare resources, according to a new study from 黑料网 researchers led by Lindsey Rosman, PhD. Lindsey A. Rosman, PhD Using a wearable device, such as a smart watch, to track health data … Read more

Michael Yeung, MD, and Thelsa Weickert, MD, are leading a new partnership with 黑料网 Project Malawi to improve cardiovascular health and patient care across the spectrum of disease prevention.

From Sea to Shining IV: OPAT Program Improves Outcomes, Decreases Hospital Readmissions

As health care shifts from reimbursement based on numbers of patients seen or procedures performed, to reimbursement based on quality of care, the infectious diseases specialty is challenged to accurately reflect the complex, expert care that ID physicians provide. One way could be outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, or聽OPAT, which monitors patients who are discharged fr … Read more

黑料网 Nephrologists Ensure Black Patients Received Equitable Access to Kidney Transplants

April is Minority Health Month, a month to raise awareness about the need to reduce health disparities and improve the health of minority communities. The 黑料网 Health Center for Transplant Care team and 黑料网 Health nephrologists recently increased equitable access for the Black community by addressing and fixing a disparity among kidney transplant patients. The 黑料网 Health Center fo … Read more

Cardiologists Performs First Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement in North Carolina

John P. Vavalle, MD, MHS, FACC, and Matthew A. Cavender, MD, MPH, FACC, interventional cardiologists and their collaborative team in the Structural Heart Disease Program at 黑料网, have performed their first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement in the clinical setting, a revolutionary treatment for patients living with a common type of heart valve disease. (Left to Right) Thels … Read more

How Exercise Can Improve Symptoms of Osteoarthritis

Leigh Callahan, PhD Can exercise help decrease osteoarthritis pain? One would think moving your joints more frequently would increase pain related to a joint disease but in fact physical activity can lessen the symptoms of osteoarthritis. Leigh Callahan, PhD, the Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, and Ass … Read more

Dr. Buse Honored with 2024 Outstanding Physician Clinician in Diabetes Award

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has announced the recipients of the 2024 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Awards, recognizing individuals who have significantly advanced diabetes care, education and research. Among the esteemed awardees is John Buse, MD, PhD, the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the 黑料网 Division of Endocrinology and … Read more

University of North Carolina Designated as Scleroderma Research and Treatment Center

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named a Designated Scleroderma Research and Treatment Center聽by the National Scleroderma Foundation. This accolade positions 黑料网 among the two centers in the state to receive such an esteemed recognition. The acknowledgment highlights 黑料网’s proficiency in providing care for individuals affected by scleroderma, an autoimmune … Read more

First comprehensive medical guideline on management of pouchitis released

Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, co-first author, is an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and John Haydek, MD, MSCS, author, is an advanced inflammatory bowel diseases fellow. Drs. Barnes and Haydek The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released the first comprehensive evidence-based guideline on the management of pouchitis, the most c … Read more

Study by Dr. Saira Sheikh shows peer-to-peer education increases awareness, engagement, diversity in lupus clinical trials

The Patient Advocates for Lupus Studies (PALS) Program, funded by Lupus Therapeutics the clinical research affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance, aimed at increasing the knowledge of, positive attitudes toward, and intentions among people with lupus to join a clinical trial. These results were recently published in The Open Rheumatology Journal, the official open-access journa … Read more

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program Accredited as Comprehensive Care Center

The Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) has awarded the 黑料网 Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Program the status of an Accredited Comprehensive Care Center. As an accredited center, 黑料网 will be able to better serve the congenital heart disease community. Due to the advancement of pediatric cardiac surgeries and invasive procedures, patients born with congenital heart di … Read more