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Newly developed nanoparticles help fight lung cancer in animal model
Scientists have reported a new approach to treating lung cancer with inhaled nanoparticles developed at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.
14-Nov-2019 10:55 AM EST
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Wake Forest Baptist Awarded $6 Million Grant to Study Non-opioid Pain Management in Cancer Survivors
For many people who’ve had cancer, severe pain can persist even after treatment ends.
In an effort to find a non-pharmaceutical approach to pain management for cancer survivors, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Health have been awarded $6...
5-Nov-2019 11:05 AM EST
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Gut Bacteria Is Key Factor in Childhood Obesity
New information published by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Health suggests that gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity.
30-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
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Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine Identify Genetic Variation Linked to Severity of ALS
A discovery made several years ago in a lab researching asthma at Wake Forest School of Medicine may now have implications for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease with no known cure and only two FDA-approved drugs to...
16-Oct-2019 12:30 PM EDT
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New study to examine if sleep problems contribute to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s
Everybody knows sleep is good for your body. It may be good for your mind, too.
That’s what scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine will attempt to determine thanks to a $5.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the...
10-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT
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HHS Awards Major Funding Award to WFIRM
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is the recipient of a major research funding award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support its lung-on-a-chip technology as a model to develop chemical injury...
8-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
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Cancer Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Receive $25 Million from National Cancer Institute
For the second time in five years, Wake Forest Baptist Health has been recognized for its expertise in conducting innovative cancer care research by the National Cancer Institute’s Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) with a...
23-Sep-2019 10:05 AM EDT
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Player Athleticism Increases Head Impact Exposure in Youth Football
Speed, agility and strength are definitely assets on the football field. But when it comes to hits to the head, those talents may actually increase exposure for the young athletes who account for about 70% of this country’s football players.
6-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
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Concussion is more than just a headache, so it’s good to know the symptoms
Concussion is the most common and mildest type of traumatic brain injury, but it should never be taken lightly. Any concussion, however slight, temporarily disturbs vital brain activity and can cause a range of physical, mental and emotional...
6-Nov-2019 6:00 AM EST
While There’s No Cure for Osteoarthritis, Its Symptoms Can Be Managed
Osteoarthritis can produce joint pain and stiffness sufficient to limit and even prohibit the performance of everyday tasks. It becomes more common with age, once it starts it typically gets worse and there’s no known cure. But there are therapies...
10-Oct-2019 6:00 AM EDT
Cover up to reduce the risk of short- and long-term skin damage from the sun’s UV rays
If you let the sun burn your skin you’ll pay a price right away, with painful redness, peeling and possible blistering. But sunburn can also generate long-term problems, such as premature aging of the skin and skin cancer.
24-Jun-2019 6:00 PM EDT
Where there’s a grill there’s a way: Cookouts can be part of a healthy diet
You just have to be smart about what you grill and how you grill it, and be willing to broaden your view of what qualifies as proper cookout fare.
22-May-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Cognitive decline eventually affects everyone, just not to the same extent
Roughly four out of five people won’t ever experience memory issues more serious than the “senior moments” of normal aging.
16-May-2019 6:00 PM EDT
Don’t Forget to Block Sun from Eyes, Ears and Lips
23-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Doctors in the house: Hospitalists elevate level of care for inpatients
Hospital medicine is a relatively new discipline – the term for those who practice it, hospitalists, dates only to 1996 – but it is one of the fastest growing fields in medicine today because of dramatic ways health care has changed over the...
18-Apr-2019 4:00 PM EDT
Congenital heart defects sometimes don’t cause problems until later in life
There’s currently no good way to tell when – or even if – congenital heart defects will become apparent. Even defects that are identified and treated in childhood can resurface and cause problems in adulthood.
21-Mar-2019 8:00 AM EDT
