AUGUSTA, Georgia, July 24 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Augusta University's Medical College of Georgia issued the following news release: When someone is depressed and having suicidal thoughts or their depression treatment just isn't working, their caregivers might want to check to see if they have obstructive sleep apnea, investigators say. That's true even when these individuals don't seem to fit the usual profile of obstructive sleep apnea, which includes males who are overweight, snore and comp  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 23 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Gov. Cooper has nominated two new members, three reappointments and five current members to new seats to serve on the North Carolina Board of Transportation: As new members: * Lisa D. Mathis of Sanford as a representative of the eighth transportation division. Mathis owns ArtStudio, a company helping to spread art and design education to the next generation. She has also served as a board  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 24 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: In an effort to better deliver health care to individuals without health insurance, Wake Forest Baptist Health and the School Health Alliance of Forsyth County (SHA) have partnered to create the Mobile Health Program, a new mobile clinic that will soon bring health care directly to underserved neighborhoods and schools in Forsyth County. The mobile clinic is wheelchair accessibl  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, July 23 -- The University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news: The Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina has awarded $25,000 to Mark Woodcock, MD, to support a research effort to identify characteristics of lung cancer patients who will respond to treatments that unlock the immune system against cancer. Woodcock, a fellow in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology, was awarded a 2019-20 Lung Cance  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 22 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: From opera singers to bodybuilders, college athletes to comedians, and ballroom dancers to video game developers, Wake Forest School of Medicine's newly-arrived class of 2023 sure is a diverse group of medical students. One is even a U.S. Army medic who was deployed overseas six times. The 145 medical students account for the largest class in School of Medicine history with 74 w  more