Archive: 19/01/2018

Cystic fibrosis bacterial burden begins during first years of life

Cystic fibrosis (CF) shortens life by making the lungs prone to repeated bacterial infections and associated inflammation. UNC School of Medicine researchers have now shown for the first time that the lungs' bacterial population ...

Jan 19, 2018

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Narrowing the gap toward precision medicine for pancreatic cancer

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center's Jen Jen Yeh, MD, is working to understand the complicated relationship between one of the deadliest cancers and the web of connective tissue that can surround ...

Jan 19, 2018

A prescription for fruits and veggies

A new study led by researchers at UNC, including Dana Neutze, MD, of the Department of Family Medicine, and NC State University will give a weekly allotment of locally grown vegetables to low-income, high-risk patients at ...

Jan 19, 2018

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Zika Contraception Access Network supports 21,000 Puerto Rican women at height of Zika outbreak

A program designed to prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce birth defects during the height of the 2016-17 Zika virus outbreak in Puerto Rico successfully served more than 21,000 women during a 16-month period. Supported ...

Jan 19, 2018

Revellers ready for festival drug checks, study finds

A study of the attitudes and behaviours of young people at music festivals found that a majority were in favour of drug checking, and would reconsider taking a drug if they were aware of its contents.

Jan 19, 2018

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Paleolithic diet healthier for overweight women

Overweight women after menopause who eat the Paleo Diet can maintain weight loss in the long term. The levels of risk factors of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases also decrease. This according to a study at Umeå ...

Jan 19, 2018

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Time to stop using 9 million children as a bargaining CHIP

Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, health care has been front and center in American politics. Yet attention has almost exclusively focused on the Affordable Care Act and congressional Republicans' slew of ...

Jan 19, 2018

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Scientists identify potential target genes to halt progression of thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer is a disease with good cure rates in most cases. In 5 percent of patients, however, the tumor becomes refractory to the available therapies and may spread all over the body, causing death.

Jan 19, 2018