WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 25 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: During the 2022 calendar year, 262 patients received kidney and/or pancreas transplants at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, which ties the highest annual total, first achieved in 2020. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist surgeons performed 249 kidney transplants (47 with living donors) and 13 kidney-pancreas transplants. October 2022 was the busiest month in the histor  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 28 (TNSjou) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: A good night's sleep is crucial to health and well-being. Numerous research studies have shown that insomnia can increase the risk of cardiovascular events, obesity, diabetes and other illnesses. Now, a new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows significant improvements in not only sleep quality, but also in improved autonomic nervous system   more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Jan. 28 (TNSper) -- High Point University issued the following news release: High Point University continues to grow in enrollment, academic programs and new faculty. The university welcomed 12 new faculty members who joined the HPU family in the spring semester. Here is a glimpse of the new scholars and practitioners who have joined the HPU family: * * * School of Nursing Dr. Lorrie Davis-Dick, Assistant Professor of Nursing She joins the newly announced School  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 27 (TNSper) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP recently welcomed back Paul R. McIntyre to its Environmental Practice in the firm's Philadelphia office. McIntyre returns to Greenberg Traurig after nearly 10 years, along with Michael P. Canavan, who will join the firm as of counsel. They both join from Post & Schell, P.C., where McIntyre served as both a principal and chair   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 28 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center are the first and only hospitals in North Carolina - and among only 28 in the world - to receive international recognition by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Quality Verification Program. The inaugural group includes 25 U.S. hospitals and three international hospitals - two in Japan and   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 24 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has received a major five-year, $9.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover how sensory neurons in the jaw joint and mastication muscles influence and create pain, which could lead to safer drug alternatives to opioid painkillers while helping to curb addiction. The grant is one of five n  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 25 (TNSfund) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Wake Forest a $30.7 million grant to support the University's Program for Leadership and Character and create a national higher education network devoted to educating character. "We believe focusing on character can help many colleges and universities realize their aspirations to educate the whole person and generate the knowledge, capacity and character that o  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 26 -- The Lilly Endowment issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Wake Forest a $30.7 million grant to support the University's Program for Leadership and Character and create a national higher education network devoted to educating character. "We believe focusing on character can help many colleges and universities realize their aspirations to educate the whole person and generate the knowledge, capacity and character th  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 26 (TNStalk) -- Wake Forest University issued the following Q&A on Jan. 25, 2023, with media studies expert Phillip Lamarr Cunningham: * * * Wake Forest University media studies expert Phillip Lamarr Cunningham researches ways in which race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality are represented in popular media outlets. His research primarily focuses on African American representation. In this Q&A, Cunningham talks about Black representation, under-representation  more