Genetic enhancement: Symposium addresses medical, legal questions
October 19, 1999 | Research, School of Medicine, Speakers
As genetic research comes closer to making it possible to select a child’s eye color or I.Q., or find out if cancer is likely to kill a family member, medical and legal experts are wrestling with the implications for society. On Nov. 6, scientists, […]
DNA researcher, Nobel Laureate will begin year
August 27, 1999 | Events, Research, School of Medicine, Speakers, University Announcement
James D. Watson, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and pioneer of DNA research, will kick off Wake Forest University’s yearlong celebration of “Science and Technology: The Next Millennium” on Sept. 16. Watson will speak at the university’s Opening Convocation at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. […]
Integrative Medicine, Healing Methods Focus of Events
March 3, 1999 | Community, Events, School of Medicine
Wake Forest University will host a Global Health Forum and a lecture on integrative medicine on Thursday, March 18, as part of health and aging month during the Year of Globalization and Diversity. The events are free and open to the public. The Global Health […]
Study Explores Effects of Exercise, Diet on Arthritis
January 18, 1999 | Research, School of Medicine
A Wake Forest University study is finding that exercise and diet may improve physical function and the quality of life for overweight senior citizens afflicted with osteoarthritis of the knee. The study, Arthritis Diet and Activity Promotion Trial (ADAPT), is a joint effort between the […]
New ‘Exercising Woman’ Stereotype Has Surprise Benefits
June 24, 1998 | Research, School of Medicine
Even overweight women are considered more attractive if they exercise, report researchers at Wake Forest University, who have found evidence of an “exercising woman” stereotype that may blunt some of the negative effects of America’s obsession with body shape and size. In the study, presented […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 19, 1998 | Events, Research, School of Law, School of Medicine
Facing Down Saddam The United States may face trouble if it continues to pursue a go-it-alone policy toward the use of military force against Iraq, says Charles Kimball, chair of Wake Forest’s religion department and an expert on the religion and politics of the Middle […]
WFU, Hospital Rename Medical Center in Realignment
October 3, 1997 | School of Medicine, University Announcement
Wake Forest University and the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc., have renamed the Medical Center “Wake Forest University-Baptist Medical Center” as part of an extensive realignment plan approved today by the university’s Board of Trustees. The hospital’s Board of Trustees had already approved the plan. […]
Clinical Sciences Building To Be Named For Janeway
May 15, 1997 | Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Medicine, University Announcement
The signature building of the Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center in Winston-Salem will be named for Dr. Richard Janeway, who has led Wake Forest University’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine for almost three decades. Wake Forest University’s board of trustees has approved changing the name […]
Lack of Maternity Leave Tough on Medical Moms
April 24, 1997 | Personal and Career Development, School of Medicine
The policies of many teaching hospitals are tough on doctor moms and their marriages, says an expert on medical marriages in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Wayne Sotile, the director of psychological services for Wake Forest University’s cardiac rehabilitation program and […]
Combat Mentality Helps Medical Marriages Survive
April 17, 1997 | Research, School of Medicine
The marriages of resident physicians are at risk unless both doctors adopt a combat mentality to survive the grueling hours, extraordinary stress and time apart during medical training, writes a Wake Forest University expert on medical marriages in the current issue of the Journal of […]
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