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Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

International Coverage

Lung cancer patients don't get equal symptom care
Reuters (Wire Service)
...And an earlier study led by Dr. Samuel Cykert, a professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina, found that African Americans are more likely than whites to forego surgery for early stage lung cancer - the best treatment for the disease. "There were probably unintended biases in physicians," Cykert suggested. "When they looked at a sick patient who had less resources in a really difficult situation, they would be less apt to recommend surgery than to someone in a similar situation who had good resources."

National Coverage

Bloomberg TV Pushes for a Wider Audience
The New York Times
...Chris Roush, a business journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said the campaign takes a strong competitive stance against CNBC. “I see them competing against CNBC more directly than they ever have before, and the people who watch CNBC are not just the hard-core Wall Street people,” Mr. Roush said. “They are the people in Mississippi who have $100,000 in their 401(k) accounts and want to know what to do with it.”

State and Local Coverage

Hepatitis study hits upon clue
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
..."Nobody understands how hepatitis C becomes a chronic infection," says Dr. Stanley Lemon, professor of microbiology and immunology and a member of UNC-Chapel Hill's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for Translational Immunology. Lemon collaborated with a team from several institutions to try to unravel the mystery, and their findings were published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Depression During Pregnancy Linked to Abuse and Eating Disorders
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill)
A study from UNC-Chapel Hill has found elevated levels of abuse and eating disorders in pregnant women who experience depression. Doctors at the UNC School of Medicine say about one-third of pregnant women with depression also experienced eating disorders. About 1 percent of the general population has an eating disorder. Doctor Samantha Meltzer-Brody is the lead author of the study.
UNC Release:
http://uncmedne.ws/mb

There’s an app for that which ails you
The Rocky Mount Telegram
...New apps are being added to the market every day that will give people more control over their health and care, which is wonderful for patients, said Dr. Ryan Madanick, assistant professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Some are being developed by hospitals and some by college students, and neither should be dismissed or accepted out of hand.

The Legend of Henry Berry Lowry
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM
Henry Berry Lowry was a Lumbee Indian sometimes described as the “Robin Hood” of Robeson County, North Carolina. But Lowry’s story is much more nuanced than that. He’s a hero to some, a murderer to others. All told, Lowry and his gang of outlaws were responsible for some two dozen killings as the Civil War ended and during Reconstruction. Host Frank Stasio talks about Lowry and his legacy with Robeson County native Malinda Maynor Lowery, an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

Mayor: Greenbridge protest illogical
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
...William M. Rohe, director of Urban and Regional Studies at UNC and a professor of city and regional planning, agreed with Toben. "This trend of gentrification that's gone on for 30 years is going to continue, and Greenbridge in and of itself is a minor force in all of the forces that are at work to gentrify Northside," he said.

Collegiate apparel company draws fire
The Winston-Salem Journal
A Washington law firm has fired a salvo at a local marketing and licensing company and 27 major college athletic programs, targeting their strategy of consolidating where consumers can buy licensed T-shirts and fleece apparel at retail. ...Among the regional universities that received the letter are Clemson, East Carolina, North Carolina and South Carolina. Officials with East Carolina and North Carolina could not be reached for comment about the letter.

Invested, not spent (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The June 18 Social Security story by the Associated Press gave a misleading impression about Social Security financing. The story stated: Between now and 2036 the government will have to borrow to meet Social Security's obligations because the money held in reserve has been spent on other programs. This is not true. Social Security's trust funds are invested in secured redeemable Treasury notes. Only in this sense have the funds been spent on other programs. (Andrew Dobelstein, Ph.D., Professor emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill)

Panel to study WakeMed/Rex sale
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A blue ribbon panel has been assembled by UNC to study the $750 million offer by WakeMed Health and Hospitals to purchase Rex Healthcare from the university system. ..."The UNC Health Care System is an integrated health care system, and all of its components are critical to our ability to meet its teaching, research and clinical care missions," William L. Roper, dean of the School of Medicine, vice chancellor for medical affairs and Chief Executive Officer of the UNC Health Care System, said in a written statement released on Monday.
Related Links:
http://www.chapelboro.com/UNC-Health-Care-Selects-Special-
Committee-To-Consi/10152674
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9755365/

UNC's findings pending in parking probe
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The University of North Carolina did not fulfill requests on Monday for information on its internal investigation into parking tickets for a dozen football players or for football coach Butch Davis' cellphone records. In accordance with a Wake County Superior Court ruling, UNC released parking records of 12 players and phone records for Davis, former assistant coach John Blake and athletic director Dick Baddour on Thursday.

Issues and Trends

NCRC scientist specializes in fetal disorders
The Salisbury Post
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has expanded its focus at the N.C. Research Campus to include fetal alcohol disorders. The UNC Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis has hired Dr. Philip May, a research professor and expert in the field of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

Historic Chapel Hill neighborhoods fight to curb development
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Longtime residents in two historic Chapel Hill neighborhoods near the University of North Carolina campus are asking the town council to consider a moratorium on building projects. At a public hearing on the issue Monday, residents said student housing developments are forcing them out of their homes.