http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals that many N.C. high schools are not adequately prepared to handle the immediate medical needs of a student or employee who suffers a sudden cardiac arrest on campus. The findings were used to support a new statewide program to place automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in high schools. http://www.physorg.com/news155815091.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:58:43 EST news155815091 Women undertaking a ten week program of 75 minute Restorative Yoga (RY) classes gained positive differences in aspects of mental health such as depression, positive emotions, and spirituality (feeling calm/peaceful) compared to the control group. The study, published today in a special issue of Psycho-Oncology focusing on physical activity, shows the women had a 50% reduction in depression and a 12% increase in feelings of peace and meaning after the yoga sessions. http://www.physorg.com/news154767999.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:07:01 EST news154767999 A widely used blood pressure medication may be the key to preventing brain function loss common after radiation treatment, according to a newly published study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The findings offer the hope of an improved quality of life for cancer patients. http://www.physorg.com/news154174058.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:08:09 EST news154174058 New research findings out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin may help provide some direction for men diagnosed with prostate cancer about whether their cancer is likely to be life-threatening. http://www.physorg.com/news153738140.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:03:24 EST news153738140 Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at Wake Forest University in collaboration with colleagues at the Wake Forest University Health Sciences Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new class of platinum-based anti-tumor drugs that animal studies have shown to be 10 times more effective than current treatments in destroying certain types of lung cancer cells. http://www.physorg.com/news153595851.html Chemistry Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:31:18 EST news153595851 Millions of American teenagers participate in Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H, and other programs designed to develop responsibility in young people. A new study suggests that it's not the fun and games of these programs, but the tough tasks -those that ask young people to make sacrifices and do difficult things for the good of the group -that are most likely to foster responsibility and self-discipline. http://www.physorg.com/news153127961.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:33:13 EST news153127961 Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging. http://www.physorg.com/news151001109.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:45:09 EST news151001109 A medication used for high blood pressure does not improve a common form of heart failure, according to new results from a large, international study. http://www.physorg.com/news147616869.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:41:09 EST news147616869 One of the most widely used herbal supplements for improving memory and cognition has no impact on the development of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, according to new results from a $30 million, multi-center study. http://www.physorg.com/news146245702.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:48:22 EST news146245702 Researchers at Wake Forest University are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current methods. http://www.physorg.com/news142516656.html Nanotechnology Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:57:36 EST news142516656 New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the most commonly prescribed once-a-day treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for longer than one month increases the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news141404274.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:57:54 EST news141404274 Men who have too much calcium in their bloodstreams may have an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer, according to a new analysis from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin. http://www.physorg.com/news139625659.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:54:19 EST news139625659 Ashok Hemal, M.D., a urologic surgeon from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and colleagues have reported success using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to repair abnormal openings between the bladder and vagina known as fistulas. Reporting on their experience with seven patients, Hemal and colleagues have the world's largest known success with the procedure. http://www.physorg.com/news138279769.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:02:49 EST news138279769 Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white HIV patients across the country. http://www.physorg.com/news137580406.html Medicine & Health Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:46:46 EST news137580406 Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that the reflux and swallowing problems that are common symptoms in patients with Rett syndrome and other neurological impairments, may be caused by a different mechanism than they are in healthy individuals. The finding leaves researchers to wonder if these patients truly benefit from anti-reflux surgery commonly performed in these children. http://www.physorg.com/news137080446.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:54:06 EST news137080446 Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients are treated with a combination of drugs known as the "cocktail." http://www.physorg.com/news136181569.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:12:49 EST news136181569 A study out of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center demonstrates emergency room doctors are correctly identifying patients who are having a heart attack, even when laboratory tests haven't yet confirmed it. http://www.physorg.com/news136085223.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:27:03 EST news136085223 Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news134744123.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:55:23 EST news134744123