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Circuit Judge J. David Walsh will continue to lead the seventh judicial circuit during a second term as chief judge.

Narvis hasn't lived life to the fullest, and little time is left to her to make up for that.

The Hypertension and Vascular Research Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has received renewal of a multi-million dollar grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to continue the development of new approaches to treat hypertension and vascular disease.

Students at the Carter G. Woodson charter school in Winston-Salem can use their band room and hands-on science lab any time, but their library comes only once a week.

A 60-year-old Winston-Salem woman was sentenced to 120 days in jail after she was found guilty of misdemeanor cruelty to animals Wednesday afternoon.

New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations.

Thin and seductive, that's what men find attractive in women. But the ladies are less in agreement over what makes for a hot guy, new research finds.

A college student played dead to escape a family shooting by his father, who killed the other son and their mother before setting their house on fire and taking his own life, investigators said.

Men have the same taste when it comes to telling who they find hot, while women fail to agree with each other, suggests a study.

Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Medical Students / Training Article Date: 26 Jun 2009 A highly successful and innovative training program that prepares chief residents at medical schools to diagnose and treat health problems common to older adults -- and to prepare the medical students and residents who they help train to do the ...

Southern Baptists ended their national meeting and quietly left their host town by avoiding the controversial political pronouncements that have marked past conventions.

The research team that found an increased risk of stroke in women who had a certain kind of migraine now reports a relationship between migraine frequency and heart attacks.

A 1937 novel set in Florida has been picked for this year's community reading project this fall, the Forsyth County Public Library announced yesterday.

Having completed spring 2009 classes with at least a 3.4 GPA, David Hughes of Spencer was recently named to the dean's list at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Simpson O. "Skip" Brown, the CEO of TriStone Community Bank in Winston-Salem, has been named the new chairman of the N.C. Bankers Association , according to an announcement.

Seven students test positive for swine flu, parents anxious Seven of nine students of an educational institution in Jalandhar, Punjab, who recently visited NASA, as part of an academic tour, have tested positive for swine flu.

From Emory University , Atlanta Ga; Epicenter , Paris, France; the University of Lausanne , Switzerland; Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass; University of California San Francisco ; University of Pittsburgh , Pa; Wake Forest University , Winston Salem NC; Boston University School of Medicine , Mass; and the ...

The Center for Innovation and Nanobiotechnology is getting a major boost in efforts to create a hub for commercialization of new research across North Carolina with a $2.5 million grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

ORMOND BEACH: Michelle Shin will play in the biggest championship in women's golf.

Millions of Americans suffer from a debilitating medical condition, a condition that can prevent them from performing routine tasks, rob them of their livelihoods and even destroy their wills to live.