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Center for Congregational Health Receives $1 Million Grant
The Center for Congregational Health, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health’s Division of FaithHealth Ministries, has been awarded a $1 million grant by Lilly Endowment Inc. in support of an initiative designed to empower clergy and lay leaders from...
9-Jan-2020 2:05 PM EST
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Study Shows Risks for Additional Procedures after Bariatric Surgery
Which of the two most common bariatric surgeries – gastric sleeve or gastric bypass – has the highest subsequent risk of additional operations or procedures?
17-Dec-2019 10:55 AM EST
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Dead Probiotic Strain Shown to Reduce Harmful, Aging-related Inflammation
Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine have identified a dead probiotic that reduces age-related leaky gut in older mice. The study is published in the journal GeroScience.
9-Dec-2019 2:40 PM EST
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Wake Forest Baptist Awarded Federal Grant for Study Aimed at Predicting, Reducing Dropout Rates in Pediatric Weight-loss Programs
The National Institute of Nursing Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Wake Forest Baptist Health a five-year grant worth approximately $2.97 million to study the reasons for attrition in pediatric weight-management...
9-Dec-2019 12:30 PM EST
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WFIRM Scientists Push Bioprinting Capability Forward
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists are the first to report using bioprinting to print a tracheal tissue construct comprised of multiple different functional materials.
4-Dec-2019 3:05 PM EST
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At-home beauty devices: to buy or not to buy
If you are thinking of buying a skin rejuvenation device as a holiday gift, think again.
4-Dec-2019 12:10 PM EST
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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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It’s a natural fact: There’s still no substitute for human blood
While the donation and transfusion of blood are very common, and relatively simple as far as medical procedures go, the path from donor to recipient is more complex than most people may realize.
19-Dec-2019 6:00 AM EST
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
