WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 16 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: A discovery made several years ago in a lab researching asthma at Wake Forest School of Medicine may now have implications for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease with no known cure and only two FDA-approved drugs to treat its progression and severity. A study published in the current edition of the journal Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 15 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: A clinical research trial with a unique approach is now available to patients with early stage, high-risk for recurrence breast cancer. "Most cancer clinical trials collect data from study participants over the course of several years, both during and after treatment, then publish research findings, but that is a long time for clinicians and patients to wait," said Alexandra Tho  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 17 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: The American Medical Association (AMA) recently recognized Wake Forest School of Medicine for its efforts to improve physician satisfaction and fight physician burnout. One of only 22 health care institutions in the country to receive the inaugural AMA Joy in Medicine(TM) Recognition, the medical school was honored at the Bronze level for its efforts. Why should we care about phy  more