“Computer algorithms facilitate doing the right thing,” said Dr. Joseph A. Aloi, professor of endocrinology and metabolism at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
To captivate patients’ attention long enough to fill out the typically boring medical interface design for questionnaires in the doctor’s office, digital heath company Tonic Health added animated graphics and a tablet to make these forms more interesting for patients and to capture better quality data. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center officially expanded the platform’s […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Smoking can kill you. But trying to quit with Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) smoking-cessation drug Chantix can be deadly too, new research suggests. Chantix raises the risk of depression or suicidal behavior and should be a drug of last resort, according to a study co-authored by Dr. Curt Furberg, professor of public health sciences at Wake Forest […]
A new regenerative medicine partnership between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center aims to find ways to regenerate damaged organs first in pets and eventually in people. The goal will be to translate laboratory research into new medical therapies. NCSU’s Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, or CCMTR, will work […]
Wake Forest University researchers have found that a product available for the last decade as a sexual aid may have the added benefit of helping female cancer survivors alleviate their post-cancer symptoms. ArginMax, a product of Hawaii firm the Daily Wellness Company, was originally developed as a natural nutritional supplement to enhance sexual performance for […]
Leukemia research at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has found a mutation in a protein that could open doors to a personalized medicine approach to treating the disease by limiting use in certain patients of a particularly toxic drug. The researchers at Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, found that a particular mutation of […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.