Wake Forest University


Wake Forest University is a private academic institution established in 1834 near Raleigh, North Carolina. Wake Forest University has nearly 7,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Wake Forest University is noted as one of the most connected (WiFi) universities in the nation. WFU has four professional schools; Medicine, Law, Divinity and the Babcock Graduate School of Management. WFU has a high academic standard for admissions and welcomes international students.

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1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106

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Email

coxkp [at] wfu [dot] edu

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336.758.5237

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New research shows versatility of amniotic fluid stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of ...


African-American men at higher risk of false positives in prostate testing

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can be frightening news for men, new research shows that sometimes the levels are caused by a naturally occurring hormone, and may not indicate a need ...


Structured reporting software creates less complete and accurate radiology reports than free text

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As many software companies work to create programs that will give uniform structure to the way radiological test results are reported, a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that such ...


Advance growing animal penile erectile tissue in lab may benefit patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative ...


 eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones

eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones

Technology / Software

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event. Or do they?


New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring ...


Cultural Beliefs About Pesticides Put Mexican Farmworkers at Risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical pesticides are among the tools farmers often use in managing insects dedicated to dining on our nation’s harvest. Pesticides, unfortunately, are not without risk to those who labor in the fields ...


Higher health insurance costs force doctors to talk about money with patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As health insurers require people to base more treatment decisions on out-of-pocket costs, physicians should learn to talk to patients about money, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.


Study lays foundation for more patient access to medical records

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that many patients are dissatisfied with the way they receive results of radiology tests and want more access to information in their medical ...


General anesthetics lead to learning disabilities in animal models

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have shown that blocking the NMDA receptor in immature rats leads to profound, rapid brain injury and disruption of auditory function as the animals mature.


Cocaine exposure during pregnancy leads to impulsivity in male, not female, monkeys

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adult male monkeys exposed to cocaine while in the womb have poor impulse control and may be more vulnerable to drug abuse than female monkeys, even a decade or more after the exposure, according to a new study by researchers ...


Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior

Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by Christy Buchanan, ...


Affordable anti-rejection drug as effective as higher cost option

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A newer, less expensive drug used to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in kidney and pancreas transplant patients works just as well as its much more expensive counterpart, according to a new study by ...


Study questions need for routine intervention in patients with renovascular disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some invasive procedures that are becoming increasingly common as a first line of treatment for patients diagnosed with narrowed arteries in and around the kidneys may not be necessary, according to a new study by researchers ...


Kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure expand donor pool

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Kidneys recovered from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF) - once deemed unusable for transplant - appear to work just as well as kidneys transplanted from deceased donors who do not develop kidney problems prior ...