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5 hrs ago | Officer.com

Injured N.C. Officer Speaks About Fatal Shootout

An emotional Daniel Clark spoke to the media for the first time Tuesday about the shooting last month that mortally wounded his partner.

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Related Topix: Winston-Salem, NC

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Medical News

A "home far away from home" for medical students

When Sebastian Leder, a medical student from the University of Vienna in Austria, came to the Wake Forest University School of Medicine to complete his clinical education, he found not the usual student apartment but an inviting house waiting for him.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Business Leader

EMSDC Director Successfully Completes Prestigious Training

Phil Barnhill, Director of Operations for East Market Street Development Corporation , recently completed a session of the American Express Nonprofit Leadership Academy, a nationwide program to develop the next generation of leaders in the nonprofit sector.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, American Express, Financial Services, Education, New York, NY

Fredericksburg.com

Are we 'man enough' to have this discussion?

Men and Mass Murder: The Missing Conversation, By Christopher Kilmartin and Andrew Smiler , visiting assistant professor of psychology, UMW.

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Related Topix: Fort Hood, TX, Jason Rodriguez

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Circulation

Hemostasis, Inflammation, and Fatal and Nonfatal Coronary Heart...

From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; the University of Minnesota , Minneapolis; the Wake Forest University , Winston Salem, NC; the University of Washington , Seattle; and the Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Md.

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Related Topix: Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh Metro, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Minnesota, Winston-Salem, NC

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Bookofjoe

BehindTheMedspeak: Why does it feel so good to scratch that itch?

Long story short: first, you need to know why something itches. For that we turn to Benedict Carey's April 7, 2009 New York Times story to give us an overview of recent research which may have solved a longtime biological mystery.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, University of Minnesota, Entomology, Malaria, Health

Sun Nov 15, 2009

WXII12

WFU Law Student Gives Free Legal Advice

A Wake Forest University's School of Law law student is helping local entrepreneurs with free legal advice for a day.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Newswise

Wake Forest University School of Medicine Opens Global Health House

When Sebastian Leder, a medical student from the University of Vienna in Austria, came to the Wake Forest University School of Medicine to complete his clinical education, he found not the usual student apartment but an inviting house waiting for him.

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Globe and Mail

Researchers create working penises for rabbits from cells

Dakshana Bascaramurty Published on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 6:59PM EST I f scientists can help Peter Cottontail get an erection, there may be hope for the other flaccid Peters of the world.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

ADVANCE for Nurses

Flu Vaccine & Asthmatics

Is the 2009 H1N1 vaccine safe for people with asthma? If so, what is the optimal dose for this population? Is it true that the flu vaccine is less effective in asthmatics? If so, what mechanism reduces its efficacy? Investigators hope to answer these questions - and quickly.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Opinion

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

Maya Message: World won't end in 2012, but it may be destroyed by environmental neglect

Breaking news -- the world won't be ending soon. So then, what's with all the 2012 fretting? It's all hocus-pocus, and a little good old capitalist hustling.

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Related Topix: 2012, Anthropology, Science, El Paso Metro, El Paso, TX, World News, Asia, Georgia

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

What's up doc? The sex lives of rabbits given a boost

The way they breed, you would not think rabbits need any help with their sex lives.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Erectile Dysfunction, Medicine, Health

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Mental Help Net

Bad-Behaving Teens May Be Living Up to Expectations

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

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Related Topix: Kids

Island Packet

Kirkpatrick, Boughan wed

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

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Westford, MA, Wedding, Quincy, MA, Cohasset, MA

Sat Nov 07, 2009

HealthDay

Bad-Behaving Teens May Be Living Up to Expectations

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

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Related Topix: Kids

Winston-Salem Journal

Releasing the Prisoners: Unpleasant task is only valid option

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.

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Related Topix: Prison, Winston-Salem, NC, Greensboro Metro, Salem, NC, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

RedOrbit

New Finding Suggests Prostate Biopsy Is Not Always Necessary

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.

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Related Topix: University of Wisconsin Madison, Prostate Cancer, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition

Thu Nov 05, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Higher health insurance costs force doctors to talk about money with patients

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.

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Winston-Salem Journal

Bod, Sweat, Cheers: Exercisers looking for motivation put variety of content on digital players

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.

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Related Topix: Music Players, Why?, Hip-Hop, iPod, Gospel, Black Entertainment, Yolanda Adams, Cece Winans

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Health kudos

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Surgery, New York, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

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