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Blood pressure compound may benefit brain tumor patients

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. ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions

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.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Nanotube therapy takes aim at breast cancer stem cells

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers have again proven that injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second laser treatment can kill them.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New database aims to improve emergency general surgery care and outcomes

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute surgical care by allowing ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Senator's stroke shows they can hit the young, too

(AP) -- When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, "But he's so young."

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teens migrating to Twitter -- sometimes for privacy

(AP) -- Teens don't tweet, will never tweet - too public, too many older users. Not cool. That's been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter early on.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Bedwetting can be due to undiagnosed constipation, research shows

Bedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Body location plays part in scratching pleasure

An itch is just an itch. Or is it? New research from Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a world-renowned itch expert, shows that how good scratching an itch feels ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Erlotinib dose-adjusted for smoking status effective as first treatment for head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancers respond well to the anti-cancer drug erlotinib when it is administered before surgery and a stronger dose is given to patients who smoke, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improving crops from the roots up

Research involving scientists at The University of Nottingham has taken us a step closer to breeding hardier crops that can better adapt to different environmental conditions and fight off attack from parasites.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers solve questions about Ethiopians' high-altitude adaptations

Over many generations, people living in the high-altitude regions of the Andes or on the Tibetan Plateau have adapted to life in low-oxygen conditions. Living with such a distinct and powerful selective pressure ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Quality improvement initiatives can save moms, babies in Africa

A large regional hospital in Ghana saw a reduction in maternal and infant deaths after continuous quality improvement (QI) initiatives were put into place through a collaborative partnership.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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