Cardiology
New approach helps EMTs better assess chest pain en route to hospital
Is this person with chest pain having a heart attack? That's a question EMTs frequently confront when responding to 911 calls.
Oct 7, 2020
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Surgery
Rapid testing for gene variants in kidney donors may optimize transplant outcomes
Kidney transplantation outcomes from deceased African-American donors may improve through rapid testing for apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) renal risk variants at the time of organ recovery, according to a new study led by ...
Mar 24, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Research finds racial, ethnic disparities in health care among older male cancer survivors
Older African-American and Hispanic men who have survived cancer are less likely than their white counterparts to see a specialist or receive basic preventive care, such as vaccinations, according to new research from Wake ...
Jul 12, 2013
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Medical research
Identification of stem cells raises possibility of new therapies
Many diseases – obesity, Type 2 diabetes, muscular dystrophy – are associated with fat accumulation in muscle. In essence, fat replacement causes the muscles to weaken and degenerate.
Apr 30, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Set of genetic markers in lung cancer identified
Investigators at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health, have identified a set of new genetic markers that could potentially lead to new personalized treatments for lung cancer.
Apr 14, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adults with mild cognitive impairment can learn, benefit from mindfulness meditation
There's currently no known way to prevent older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from developing Alzheimer's disease.
Aug 15, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers make significant progress in engineering digestive system tissues
Researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have reached important milestones in their quest to engineer replacement tissue in the lab to treat digestive system conditions - from infants born with too-short ...
Jul 5, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers identify novel molecular mechanism involved in Alzheimer's
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Health have identified a novel mechanism and potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Feb 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Changing cancer care, one organoid at a time
A patient-specific tumor organoid platform developed by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers and their cancer center colleagues could someday take the guessing game out of immunotherapy treatments. ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
You are not a cat, but a cat could someday help treat your chronic kidney disease
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is investigating how cats with chronic kidney disease could someday help inform treatment for humans.
Mar 12, 2021
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