Duke Children鈥檚 Hospital & Health Center continues to rank as the No. 1 children鈥檚 hospital in North Carolina by U.S. 麻豆传媒 & World Report, with nine pediatric specialties ranked among the best in the nation.
UNC Charlotte鈥檚 Levine Scholars Program has selected 22 young leaders from across the United States who will be the members of the 13th class of the University鈥檚 prestigious and academically competitive scholarship program.
A problem long-associated with developing countries, food insecurity (FI) 鈥� the lack of adequate access to food 鈥� can contribute to higher infant mortality rates even in this country, according to a study conducted by scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
A new study found the use of outdoor parks and trails in urban areas of North Carolina declined during two summer months of 2020.
DNA sequencing of bacteria found in pigs and humans in rural eastern North Carolina, an area with concentrated industrial-scale pig-farming, suggests that multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains are spreading between pigs, farmworkers, their families and community residents, and represents an emerging public health threat, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Findings published in Nature Medicine lead to clinical trials
Improving achievement in the first course in engineering may lay the foundation for more women and minorities to pursue engineering as a major, according to new research by Wake Forest University economics professor Amanda Griffith.
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have created such a mobile skin bioprinting system 鈥� the first of its kind 鈥� that allows bi-layered skin to be printed directly into a wound.
鈥淎ddiction is something we鈥檙e all going to encounter no matter what kind of medicine we end up practicing,鈥� said Shane Stone, a fourth-year student at Wake Forest School of Medicine who led the effort to establish a student interest group in addiction medicine at the school.
The Charlotte region has a population that is growing faster than its housing stock. As a result, prices are rising for all housing faster than inflation. This increase in prices is affecting both owner-occupied and rental properties.
Biologic age, a DNA-based estimate of a person鈥檚 age, is associated with future development of breast cancer, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. If a woman鈥檚 biologic age was older than her chronologic age, she had a 15 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer.
RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, published a study on Thursday that provides the first overview of the technology-related bootcamp industry from an independent, non-industry-affiliated group.
Israel's targeting of agricultural, water and energy infrastructures in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has had dire impacts on human welfare and livelihoods in both locations, a new report by researchers at Duke University and the University of New Hampshire shows.
The importance of having a sound business idea for a startup is essential, but identifying the ideas most likely to go from concept to venture is challenging. Statistics show that about 34% of startups fail within the first two years and 56% within the first four years. Most failures are due, in part, to the pursuit of ideas that are poorly selected and/or tested.
A high-protein, low-calorie diet helps older adults with obesity lose more weight, maintain more muscle mass, improve bone quality and lose 鈥渂ad鈥� fat, according to results from a new randomized controlled trial led by Wake Forest University researcher Kristen Beavers.
Men hold nearly all primary breadwinning positions in top income households, and the glass ceiling that has hindered women's advancement in the workplace is more extensive than previously thought, a new study by University of North Carolina at Charlotte researcher Jill Yavorsky and colleagues finds.
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Health have identified a novel mechanism and potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD).
Results from a large, multi-center study suggest that cardiac magnetic resonance, or CMR, has potential as a non-invasive, non-toxic alternative to stress echocardiograms, catheterizations and stress nuclear exams in identifying the severity of coronary artery disease.
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