School of Medicine Archive

Guest lecturer to discuss how matching drugs to DNA can help, harm

October 11, 2002  |   Research, School of Medicine, Speakers, University Announcement

Allen Buchanan, professor of philosophy and public policy at Duke University’s Sanford Institute and director of the Consortium on Pharmacogenetics, will speak at Wake Forest University Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. Buchanan will present “Matching Your Drugs to Your DNA: Ethical/Regulatory Issues in Pharmacogenetics.” The […]

Wake Forest researcher studies effectiveness of popular joint pain medicine

October 2, 2002  |   Research, School of Medicine, University Announcement

Doctors recommend them to their patients, health stores hype their benefits to ailing baby boomers and they have become a multi-million dollar industry — but no one knows for sure if glucosamine and chondroitin supplements actually work to ease aching joints, says a Wake Forest […]

Doctor to share stories from West Africa with project Bokonon students

March 27, 2002  |   Events, School of Medicine, Speakers

Dr. John Spangler, associate professor of family medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will share his experiences of working in the West African hospitals of Benin with some Wake Forest students raising money to send supplies to the hospitals tonight at 7. […]

WFU research study seeks adults with breathing problems

February 6, 2002  |   Research, School of Medicine, University Announcement

Researchers at Wake Forest University are seeking participants for a research study that will examine ways for people with breathing problems to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives. The study is the second phase of the Reconditioning Exercise And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Trial, […]

New corporation to reorganize Wake Forest medical school, subsidiaries

November 27, 2001  |   School of Medicine, University Announcement

The Wake Forest University Board of Trustees has created a new corporation, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, as a wholly owned non-profit subsidiary of the university. Richard Dean, M.D., senior vice president for health affairs of Wake Forest, has been appointed president of Wake Forest […]

Stories this week at Wake Forest

April 26, 2001  |   Events, Research, School of Medicine, University Announcement

CAMPAIGN GOAL TO BE ANNOUNCED AT PARADE OF DEACONS A parade of colorful, 7-foot-tall Demon Deacons will lead the public kickoff of Wake Forest’s new capital campaign today at 4 p.m. Students, faculty, staff and volunteers will gather on University Plaza (the Quad) for the […]

WFU researchers link exercise to breast cancer survivors’ quality of life

April 25, 2001  |   Research, School of Medicine, University Announcement

Including exercise in treatment plans for women recovering from breast cancer may increase their quality of life, according to a recent study at Wake Forest University. The study, called EQUAL for Exercise and Quality of Life in Older Women with Breast Cancer, attempted to describe […]

Study suggests way to improve comfort of patients with implanted defibrillators

March 22, 2001  |   School of Medicine, University Announcement

New research by a Wake Forest University psychologist may help cardiac patients experience less pain when their implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) shock their hearts back into a regular rhythm. ICDs are the most effective treatment for many cardiac patients who suffer from life-threatening disturbances […]

Stories this week at Wake Forest

April 27, 2000  |   Events, Media Advisory, School of Medicine, University Announcement

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS LECTURE Environmental ethics expert Larry Rasmussen, the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, will speak today at 4 p.m. in Winston Hall, Room A. His topic is “Sustainable Development – No! Sustainable Community -Yes!” Rasmussen wrote the book, “Earth Community, Earth […]

Spirituality and coronary disease topic of lecture

October 20, 1999  |   School of Medicine, Speakers

The cardiac rehabilitation program at Wake Forest University is sponsoring a lecture by S. Bryant Kendrick on the relationship between spirituality and coronary disease on Nov. 8. The free and public lecture, “The Heart of the Matter: Spirituality and Coronary Disease,” will begin at 7:30 […]

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