The quality of life for prostate cancer patients returns to normal within one year after implantation of permanent-source brachytherapy, and symptoms essentially disappear, report Wake Forest University investigators.
The Polyp Prevention Trial, one of the largest studies aimed at preventing colon cancer by dietary change, came to an unexpected conclusion: there is no evidence that adopting a low-fat, high-fiber, fruit- and vegetable-enriched eating plan reduces the incidence of colorectal cancer (NEJM, 4-20-00).
Parents who take their families to religious services regularly may be helping their children develop aspects of spirituality that are associated with the choice not to become sexually active, according to a study in the April Journal of Adolescent Health.
Blocking the hormone that causes high blood pressure can reduce the development of heart vessel disease, report Wake Forest University researchers in this week's Circulation.
There is a gender gap when it comes to medical options for patients with severe psoriasis, say Wake Forest University dermatologists; but with new treatment options available, women should consider seeing their dermatologist (Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 4-00).
In a study of the effects of hormone replacement therapy on heart disease, researchers found that neither estrogen, nor estrogen combined with a progestin, slowed disease progression in 309 older women.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has stopped part of a large clinical trial of blood pressure medications because doxazosin, one of the drugs, wasn't as effective as a less expensive diuretic medication.
The longer heart surgery takes, the more tiny particles of fat enter the bloodstream and circulate to the brain, blocking tiny blood vessels, Wake Forest University researchers report in the March 2000 Stroke.
Green tobacco sickness may be increasing as family tobacco farms are consolidated into large commercial operations and work is done by migrant or seasonal farm workers, according to a Wake Forest University epidemiologist (American Journal of Industrial Medicine).
Celiac disease is common in the United States and often goes undiagnosed, according to a study published in the January edition of the Journal of Pediatrics by physicians at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the University of Maryland.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine is establishing a Center for Human Genomics to facilitate the identification of high-risk genes linked to common diseases.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine will hire more than 60 new faculty members and strengthen its support of other research efforts as part of a $67 million initiative.
For World War II and Korean War veterans who develop dementia as they age, there's a risk that painful war memories may be unlocked, triggering violent episodes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), reports Dr. Deirdre Johnston of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in January's issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Wake Forest University investigators have mapped the functional organization of the hippocampus, the brain's primary memory network, they reported in the Dec. 9 Nature.
Both females and males participate in date violence, according to a new study published in the December issue of Pediatrics.
The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University has been approved to participate in a sentinel node biopsy clinical trial sponsored by the National Cancer Institute's National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.
Both prevention and drug treatment strategies are needed to control cholesterol and reduce the risk of death from heart disease, a Wake Forest University investigator reported Nov. 10 at the American Heart Association meeting in Atlanta.
The same hormone that causes high blood pressure may promote the development of atherosclerosis, reported researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center at the national meeting of the American Heart Association.
A drug already being used to lower cholesterol and prevent heart attacks sharply reduced strokes in patients who already had heart disease, a Wake Forest University researcher told the American Heart Association meeting in Atlanta.
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine will test whether an extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can slow memory loss in older adults.
About nine percent of Lumbee Indians over 18 years of age in Robeson County have been diagnosed with diabetes, compared to a statewide diabetes rate of about five percent, according to a Wake Forest University School of Medicine researcher.
High school males who have been involved in a pregnancy are more likely to engage in behaviors that increase their risk of injury or death, according to a new report titled, "North Carolina Adolescent Males: Linking High Risk Behavior."
Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine report that they have cloned the gene responsible for an inherited form of kidney stone disease, which may open the way to new treatments.
A new national research project headquartered at Wake Forest University School of Medicine will study three generations of family members to determine how many of the precursors to adult onset (Type 2) diabetes and obesity are inherited.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine has been selected as the national coordinating center for a major study aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease in diabetes. The study will involve 10,000 patients and last at least nine years.
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are the first in the world to report success using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to view the heart during vigorous beating and to diagnose blocked arteries based on an abnormal pumping motion.
A major seven-year national study on whether weight control can slow the advance of heart disease in persons with diabetes will be headquartered at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
It is easy for adolescents ages 14 and younger to purchase cigarettes illegally in the state of North Carolina, according to a recent study published in the October edition of the Journal of Adolescent Health, by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
The cholesterol-lowering effect of soy depends on the amount of isoflavones -- plant estrogens -- in the soy, according to a study at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Soy high in isoflavones can lead to dramatic drops in cholesterol.
The National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health has awarded $400,000 to Wake Forest University School of Medicine for a new type of positron emission tomography (PET) scanner.
Psoriasis significantly reduces quality of life, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine are beginning a five-year study to determine which ingredients in soybeans are the active ones in protecting against heart disease, stroke, cancer and osteoporosis.
Doctors at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and 25 other centers will test whether antibiotics can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center recently became the first medical center to use an innovative treatment system for brain cancer known as the GliaSite Radiation Therapy System (RTS).
For decades, doctors have believed that early signs of aortic heart valve disease were harmless if the valve was functioning normally. But research by a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center cardiologist suggests that the condition significantly increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, angina and even death in older adults.
Wake Forest will receive $300,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to enrich science education in local schools.
With a $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, a Wake Forest University School of Medicine researcher is exploring a possible link between stress and depression.
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are the first in the world to report the successful use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose significant blockages in blood vessels leading to the heart.
Genetic testing and dietary modification may save the lives of children born with a defect in the gene controlling fatty acid breakdown, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center physician reported in the June 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
With a severely blocked artery in his brain, a Winston-Salem man was in danger of having a fatal stroke. New technology meant doctors at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center could open Swestyn's vessel without major surgery.
Patients with a common form of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma stand a better chance of being cured by seeing a dermatologist rather than any other type of physician.
Insurance companies could save money and make the lives of doctors and their adult acne patients easier by reducing or eliminating the restrictions for dispensing the acne drug tretinoin, according to dermatologists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Scientists are closing in on discovering the way that the body regulates critical proteins involved in the front line defense against disease as well as in normal body processes, they report in the April 16 issue of Science.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is the only facility in the Southeast offering a new procedure for malignant tumors previously thought untreatable. The procedure is called Tumor Ablation using Radiofrequency Energy.
American dialysis patients are far more likely to skip kidney dialysis treatments than patients in either Sweden or Japan, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center physician reports in the April 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center say physicians and other health care providers play valuable roles in violence prevention in their communities.
A syndrome that scientists call the "metabolic syndrome" and that the media often term "Syndrome X" may be associated with a low-level inflammatory reaction that predicts cardiovascular disease, a Wake Forest University scientist reported at an American Heart Association meeting in Orlando.
Preventing future heart attacks and strokes in people who otherwise seem healthy is the aim of a new screening test developed by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
The severity of heart attacks in the United States is apparently declining, a Wake Forest University School of Medicine researcher told the American Heart Association today. Possible reasons for the decline include increased preventive measures and better treatment for heart attacks.
Health-maintenance organizations and medical consumers take note: For treatment of skin disease, you're better off medically and financially by going straight to a dermatologist.
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