Experimental drug improves sleep in older patients, Wake Forest Baptist study shows
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Older people with insomnia slept better and longer after taking an experimental sleep medication, according to research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.... W. Vaughn McCall, M.D., a sleep expert, presented his findings today (May 6) at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in New York City. The study showed the drug, called eszopiclone,...Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist use Botox to treat CP
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Botox, or botulinum toxin, offers a new, non-surgical option for improving the upper extremity function of children with cerebral palsy (CP), report researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. L. Andrew Koman, M.D., orthopedic surgeon at Brenner Children's Hospital, and his team recently completed a study using Botox to treat muscle spasticity of the arm a...WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center today begins enrolling healthy men age 55 and older in the largest-ever prostate cancer prevention study, to determine if selenium and vitamin E prevent prostate cancer. ... Launched by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a network of researchers known as the Southwest Oncology Group, the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Preve...New Cancer Procedure At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Offers Hope
.WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is the only.facility in the Southeast offering a new procedure for malignant tumors.previously thought untreatable. . .The procedure is called Tumor Ablation using Radiofrequency Energy. It involves.inserting a special needle into the tumor, using ultrasound equipment as a.guide, to destroy the tissue and obliterate the tumor....