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About UNC Health

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. UNC Health is an integrated healthcare system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the

University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. UNC Health is comprised of UNC Hospitals at Chapel Hill, ranked consistently among the best medical centers in the country; the UNC School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution; Pardee UNC Health Care in Hendersonville; Chatham Hospital in Siler City; Johnston Health in Clayton and Smithfield; UNC Lenoir Health Care in Kinston; Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro; Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir; Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount; UNC Rockingham Health Care in Eden, Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, UNC Health Southeastern in Lumberton, UNC REX Healthcare and its provider network in Wake County; UNC Health Blue Ridge in the Morganton area; and the UNC Physicians Network. For more information, please visit www.unchealth.org


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Two weeks after undergoing triple bypass surgery on his heart, UNC-Chapel Hill associate professor Gary Kayye wrote a bl...
08/10/2025

Two weeks after undergoing triple bypass surgery on his heart, UNC-Chapel Hill associate professor Gary Kayye wrote a blog post on his birthday about his experience, “How Disney World Helped Save My Life.”

At first, Kayye wasn’t sure he wanted to share his story. But as someone who has worked in branding and marketing for 25 years, he saw benefits to getting the word out.

“I was kind of embarrassed — because I thought this was something that only happens to old people,” Kayye said. “But I decided to take the opposite approach and blast it out there. Let’s remove that stigma. Let’s pay attention to these weird, nuanced signals in our bodies.”

Gary Kayye hopes sharing his story of surviving a health scare will help others.

If you have an aortic aneurysm, the goal is to keep it from bursting. Getting your blood pressure and cholesterol levels...
08/09/2025

If you have an aortic aneurysm, the goal is to keep it from bursting. Getting your blood pressure and cholesterol levels under control and quitting smoking are very helpful.

“They typically grow very slowly over many years,” says UNC Health vascular surgeon Mark Farber, MD. “If it’s rapidly growing, then we consider a procedure to fix it. We can replace the artery or put a lining on the inside of the artery to strengthen it.”

Careful monitoring by expert physicians is the key to living with an aortic aneurysm.

An ER visit can be overwhelming at any age—but especially for older adults. If someone you love ends up in the emergency...
08/08/2025

An ER visit can be overwhelming at any age—but especially for older adults. If someone you love ends up in the emergency department, here’s how you can support them and make the experience less stressful.

Emergency care can be overwhelming for older people.

Psoriasis can cause big, red patches to develop on a person’s head, knees, elbows, feet, hands and other body parts."Pso...
08/08/2025

Psoriasis can cause big, red patches to develop on a person’s head, knees, elbows, feet, hands and other body parts.

"Psoriasis is not contagious and there are many new, effective treatments that can clear up the lesions completely for most people," says UNC Health dermatologist Aida Lugo-Somolinos, MD. "Nobody needs to sit home and suffer.”

Misconceptions about this common skin condition can leave patients depressed and isolated.

“Sleepwalking in and of itself is not harmful, and kids outgrow it,” says UNC Health neurologist and sleep medicine phys...
08/08/2025

“Sleepwalking in and of itself is not harmful, and kids outgrow it,” says UNC Health neurologist and sleep medicine physician Nathan Walker, MD.

How to take care of a loved one who wanders in the night.

It’s not always easy to talk with aging parents about their health, goals, and limitations—but these conversations matte...
08/08/2025

It’s not always easy to talk with aging parents about their health, goals, and limitations—but these conversations matter. A UNC Health geriatrician shares tips to help you navigate these emotional moments with care and confidence.

Start the conversation about how to help now.

Emotion regulation is "100 percent something you can get better at with practice."As a part of National Wellness and Wel...
08/07/2025

Emotion regulation is "100 percent something you can get better at with practice."

As a part of National Wellness and Well-Being Month, we share some evidence-based emotion regulation skills.

When you’re flooded with difficult emotions, how do you react?

Join us in congratulating Desirae, a nurse on our Flex Team, for receiving the Leadership Challenge Coin!Desirae was rec...
08/07/2025

Join us in congratulating Desirae, a nurse on our Flex Team, for receiving the Leadership Challenge Coin!

Desirae was recently recognized for her quick thinking and strong patient advocacy.

👏 Thank you, Desirae, for going above and beyond for your patients and team!

Welcome back to the Dog Days of Summer. It's been a rainy week, but our teammates' dogs are here to bring a smile to you...
08/07/2025

Welcome back to the Dog Days of Summer. It's been a rainy week, but our teammates' dogs are here to bring a smile to your day. We thought this would be our final post, but we have more cute pictures to share next week. Stay tuned. 🐶

08/07/2025

UNC Research is life saving.

In 2021, Vance Aldrich Bell III was diagnosed with cancer in his tongue. His UNC Health care team worked with him to navigate which treatments would work best for his case.

Vance wanted to pursue options other than surgery, so his doctor suggested he participate in a clinical trial for a new type of induction chemotherapy.

Induction chemotherapy is the first chemo treatment a person receives when they are diagnosed with cancer. By participating in the clinical trial, Vance also received an immunotherapy to trigger a reaction in his body to fight the cancer.

Vance responded well to the treatment and is now cancer free.

"UNC Research is life-saving, life-changing, life-giving," Vance says. "It's too important. It's not something to put on the table for takeaway. I wouldn't be here to tell you this… without it."

A heads-up for parents of young children: Pediatricians are seeing a surge in hand, foot and mouth disease right now. Kn...
08/06/2025

A heads-up for parents of young children: Pediatricians are seeing a surge in hand, foot and mouth disease right now. Know the basics to help your child stay well.

It may be most common in small children, but that doesn't mean you're immune.

We spoke to UNC Health infectious diseases expert David J. Weber, MD, MPH, about concerns some people have about vaccine...
08/06/2025

We spoke to UNC Health infectious diseases expert David J. Weber, MD, MPH, about concerns some people have about vaccines.

An infectious diseases doctor on the safety and risks of vaccines.

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