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May 16, 2007
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
International Coverage
Migraines associated with retinopathy
United Press International
U.S. middle-aged men and women with a history of migraine and headaches are more likely to have retinopathy than those without a history of headaches. ...Those with a history of headaches were slightly younger, more likely to be female, and more likely to be white than those without a history of headaches, according to study lead author Kathryn M. Rose of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/migraineretinopathy051407.htmlNational Coverage
Hopes Dim for Kids On College Wait Lists
The Wall Street Journal
For a while, it looked like this might be a good year for wait-listed college applicants. But that is turning out to be wrong. ...State schools such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Delaware, too, are taking fewer students than last year.How images of smoking may affect kids
The Wall Street Journal
On a recent episode of the hit TV show "America’s Next Top Model," the model hopefuls were shown lounging by the pool and puffing away on cigarettes. ...Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently showed that kids who have a television in the bedroom are more likely to try smoking than kids without bedroom TVs, according to the study published in March in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.Migraines May Heighten Risk of Vision Problems
HealthDay News
Men and women who reach middle age with a history of migraines and other headaches are more likely to have damage to the retina of the eye than people without such a history, a new study says. ..."The people with a history of migraines were more likely to have retinopathy and that's consistent with other studies linking both migraine and retinal disease with stroke," said study lead author Kathryn Rose, a research assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/migraineretinopathy051407.htmlEnergy beverages mix hard-core images with healthful twist
McClatchy Newspapers
Tim McCullen drinks his morning pick-me-up at 3 p.m. Instead of black coffee, McCullen, who tends bar at The Goat in Raleigh, N.C., downs a couple of Effect energy drinks when he reports for a shift that doesn't end till the wee hours. ..."We don't really have any sense of how it affects humans," said Barry Popkin, a nutrition professor and director of the interdisciplinary obesity program at UNC-Chapel Hill. "We know taurine is good for cats. That's all we know."8 Ways to Burn Calories and Fight Fat
WebMD
For years, products have been marketed with the promise of helping you burn more calories. But is there really anything you can do to increase the number of calories your body burns each day?" ...Essentially, we know of no way to burn more calories or up our metabolism than to move more," says Barry M. Popkin, PhD, director of the Interdisciplinary Obesity Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Chemotherapy Thwarted by Cancer-Killing Gene
Scientific American
A study of ovarian cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy determined that individuals with a mutant, nonfunctional version of the tumor-suppressing gene p53 had a survival rate more than twice as high as counterparts with a properly functioning gene. ..."Cells are much more susceptible to DNA damage, such as chemotherapy, when they are in active division cycle," says Yue Xiong, a professor of biochemistry and physics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, adding that mammals have evolved a mechanisms to stop cell cycling in damaged cells and promote them to apoptosis.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/oct04/choreography100804.htmlLarger Numbers of Minorities Going Ivy
Black Enterprise
Racial diversity among first-year students is increasing at Ivy League institutions and other high-ranking, predominantly white colleges and universities. ...Of the 30 institutions supplying data, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill showed the highest percentage of African Americans among its first-year students at 11.1%, a 3% increase from 2004.Helmut Kohl Is A Giant In European History
Investor's Business Daily
Helmut Kohl has always been grateful that he benefited from the "grace of late birth." Though forced into the Hitler Youth, Kohl was too young to be drafted into the Nazi war machine and sent to the front. ...In his early political life, Kohl faced critics who said he had an easy war, that he should have rejected the Hitler Youth. The charge was unfair, says Konrad Jarausch, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina.Edwards downplays time at hedge fund
The Associated Press (National)
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards argued on Tuesday that his work for a hedge fund shouldn't overshadow his efforts on poverty and other issues after the 2004 campaign. ..."It's also true that I started a poverty center at the University of North Carolina, that I led minimum wage initiatives in six states - all successful - that I started a college-for-everyone program for poor communities in eastern North Carolina, that I helped organize thousands of workers into unions, that I did humanitarian work in Africa."Regional Coverage
Airborne dust may be a heart hazard
The South Bend Tribune (Ind.)
Breathing in dust from roadwork or construction sites may cause heart problems for asthma sufferers, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health found that in people with asthma, a small increase in coarse particulate matter in outdoor air raised bad cholesterol and increased the count of inflammation-linked white blood cells, among other changes.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/particulates050907.htmlFounder of Moral Majority spurred evangelical activism
The Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, whose Moral Majority launched conservative Protestants into politics, elected Ronald Reagan to the White House and secured Republican control of Congress for three decades, died Tuesday. He was 73. ..."He produced a set of values as a key component of Republicanism," said political scientist George Rabinowitz at the University of North Carolina.State and Local Coverage
Deployment And Domestic Stress
"The State of Things," WUNC-FM
A new study from UNC-Chapel Hill suggests the stress of deployment increases the risk of child maltreatment among some military families. Host Frank Stasio explores the relationship between child neglect and military life with lead study author Danielle Rentz. Plus, Bill Scarlett, director of Cumberland County's Department of Social Services, and Teri Reid, pediatric nurse practitioner at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, discuss how the stress of deployment affects military families in and around Fayetteville.
Note: "The State of Things" is the statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may07/maltreatment050807.htmlHispanics Say They Add Spice to U.S. Melting Pot
WRAL-TV (CBS, Raleigh)
Hispanic residents in North Carolina said many transplants from Mexico and Central and South America are trying to fit into American culture while adding a bit of their own to the mix. ...A 2006 study by the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina's business school found that Hispanics, including the estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants, pump $9.2 billion a year into North Carolina's economy.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan06/economicimpact010306.htm'It takes a village'
The Cary News
When my wife Eleanor’s fast-spreading breast cancer pressed me into service as a willing — but novice — full-time caregiver in early 2005, I was absolutely convinced our situation was unique, and only I alone could handle that daunting but loving task. ...Bill Lamb, associate director for public service at the University of North Carolina’s Institute for Aging, showed seminar attendees facts and figures driving home the point that caregiving is a widespread issue impacting many families and individuals.Chatham residents invited to speak out on county’s economic development
The Sanford Herald
What are your hopes for Chatham County’s economic future? ...The forums will be led by staff from the University of North Carolina’s Center for Competitive Economics, an economic development research center at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. Chatham County has contracted with the Center to develop an economic development strategic plan.Discovering magic at the Garden
The Chapel Hill News
People who spend much time in the garden know that, along with hard work and dirty fingernails and bugs, sometimes magic happens out there. ...Easterling and her colleagues have worked diligently over the past year to create especially "family-friendly spaces" at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, which is part of UNC.Free Flights (Editorial)
The Winston-Salem Journal
If UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser wants to fly himself and big-time donors to the NCAA basketball tournament, that’s fine. He should not expect the taxpayers of North Carolina to foot any part of that bill, however.Inflatable exhibit helps to spread cancer awareness
The Chapel Hill News
The Super Colon is coming to Meadowmont on Friday and Saturday. ...The visit of the Super Colon is being sponsored by Health Care and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Super Colon is provided by The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation through an educational grant from Sanfli Aventis.UNC medical pioneer Johnson dies
The Star-News (Wilmington)
George Johnson Jr., a Wilmington native who was a longtime faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, died Tuesday in Chapel Hill. He was 81.Issues and Trends
`Potential to transform' (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
The state's universities have received larger gifts, dollar-wise, than the latest philanthropic offering from a foundation established by the family of Charlotte businessman and former UNC system president C.D. Spangler Jr. Yet none is more generous -- or more well-placed -- than the proposed donation of $26.9 million to help create as many as 96 endowed professorships across the state's 16 universities.School officials looking at future
The Daily Reflector (Greenville)
Tomorrow was the topic as higher education officials met yesterday at East Carolina University. University of North Carolina System President Erskine Bowles and officials with the UNC Tomorrow Commission huddled with ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard and other administrators Tuesday at the Science and Technology Building.Degrees of individuality (Opinion column)
The Boston Globe
Rankings, schmankings. Jackie Jenkins-Scott is the first to poke fun at herself over them. ...If you are looking for the best value, Kiplinger's says SUNY-Binghamton and SUNY-Geneseo are right up there with the University of North Carolina and the University of Florida.Duke revamps program to train new family physicians
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Duke University will start its specialized training of family doctors again, showing a renewed commitment to primary care in North Carolina. ...Medical schools at East Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University also train family doctors.
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