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Study finds that weighted vests don’t prevent bone density decrease during weight loss in older people

Paul Garber

Clinical researcher Kristen Beavers says the hopes that those wearing the vests would lose less bone strength didn’t pan out.

The Wake Forest Univerity School of Medicine has received NIH funding to study non-opioid treatments for migraines. Photo courtesy of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Health & Safety

Wake Forest University School of Medicine receives NIH grant to study non-opioid migraine treatment

Neal Charnoff

The Wake Forest University School of Medicine has received funding to study non-opioid treatments for migraines.

Wake Forest University School of Medicine will undertake a three-year project focusing on disparities in birth and postpartum outcomes. SETH WENIG/AP

Health & Safety

Wake Forest University School of Medicine awarded grant to research birth outcome disparities

Neal Charnoff

The Wake Forest University School of Medicine has received a major grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust for a project aimed at reducing disparities in birth outcomes.

Christina Soriano is a dance professor and vice provost of the arts and interdisciplinary initiatives at Wake Forest University. She will co-lead a five-year study on the relationship between dance and cognitive health. Photo courtesy Wake Forest University.

Education

Wake Forest University receives $3M to study the connection between dance and brain health

Neal Charnoff

Wake Forest University has received a $3 million grant to study how dance might improve cognitive health. The five-year study, called IGROOVE, is meant to further research on how dance can impact fitness, memory, and brain health.

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Online Marketing Tool May Improve Patient Centered Care

Shawn Fitzmaurice

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