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UNC study: HPV vaccine hurts less than expected

Injections of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine appear to be no more painful than other shots that prevent disease, according to a new study by researchers at Carolina.The finding follows anecdotal accounts and news stories that have emphasized the potential side effects of the HPV vaccine, including reports of painful injections. That has prompted concern among public health professionals that vaccine pain may deter parents and young women from getting the vaccine or completing the recommended three-dose series. read more
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Dedication of the UNC McAllister Heart Institute marks new era in heart research E-mail
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Hugh “Chip” McAllister, M.D., an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has made a three-part gift to establish the UNC McAllister Heart Institute.
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Study points to new uses, unexpected side effects of already-existing drugs E-mail
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs.
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UNC researcher wins grant to study breast cancer tumor biology E-mail
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Melissa Troester, Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 grant from the Avon Foundation.
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Former FDA commissioner to speak at UNC, receive public service award E-mail
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., will give a seminar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Thursday, Nov. 5.
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Clinical Trial Promotes New Standards for Colorectal Cancer Treatment E-mail
Monday, October 26, 2009
In a review article published this month in The Oncologist, UNC’s Dr. Richard M. Goldberg and a team of colleagues catalogue how the data collected in a single large comparative clinical trial testing combination chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer has been used not only to benefit the patients that enrolled but also patients who subsequently developed the disease.
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