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Chelsea Kirkpatrick and Ryan Boughan, both of Boston, Mass., were married Oct. 10, 2009, at Oldfield Plantation in Okatie.

Teens are more likely to behave badly if their parents expect them to, a new U.S. study has found.

Gov. Bev Perdue's decision last week to prevent the Department of Corrections from releasing inmates was terribly misguided and ignored the rule of law.

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body, and are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy.

As health insurers require people to base more treatment decisions on out-of-pocket costs, physicians should learn to talk to patients about money, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

They're huffing and puffing-- but not before they put those headphones on. And they probably wouldn't pump iron without listening to something on their digital music players.

Gayle Sams, director of Pardee Emergency Services and ICU, recently received her Certification in Emergency Nursing through the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing and the Emergency Nurses Association.

Timothy P. Shriver, chairman of Special Olympics Inc. and son of the late Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, will deliver the keynote address at the "Developmental Disabilities through the Lifespan" conference Friday at the Downtown Embassy Suites Hotel in Winston-Salem. Shriver's speech, titled "Advocacy for Family, Friends and ...

Political analysts say revived Republican momentum may mark the 2010 campaign season.

Is using smokeless tobacco just as harmful as smoking, or is it potentially a safer option? Getting a definitive answer to that question has proved elusive despite centuries of medical research.

4, 1958 in Richmond, Va. OCCUPATION - Lawyer, private practice; state senator. EXPERIENCE - Won three-way primary for Democratic nomination for governor in June 2009; Ran for attorney general in 2005, losing by fewer than 400 votes; Elected to state Senate in 2001 special election to fill the seat of the late Emily Couric; won a full term in 2003 ...

A man who narrowly escaped a state execution for a crime he did not commit told his remarkable story at Wake Forest University today.

R. Duncan Hite, M.D., director of medical intensive care at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has been named the new chief of the Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Diseases at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

"You're under arrest for the murder of Dawn Hamilton," the officer said. Bloodsworth, a former Marine, was convicted of sexual assault, rape and first-degree murder in the death of 9-year-old Dawn and sentenced to death.

Newswise - Vaughn McCall, M.D., M.S., chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has been presented the Eugene A. Hargrove, M.D., Award by the Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina .

By Brian Stimson Of The Skanner News Talking about someone's addictions can be a touchy subject.

Gov. Bev Perdue can stall but not stop the release of 27 inmates convicted of violent crimes in the 1970s, legal experts say.

Three galleries associated with Wake Forest University will showcase new exhibitions with a gallery walk from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday.

With a growing population in Adams County comes a growing court caseload. Because of that growth, the county will soon add a fourth judge, who will take the bench in January.

Wake Forest University will conduct a study of the H1N1 vaccine focused on the potential risk to asthmatics, the university has announced.