Washington, Dec 27 (ANI): New Year’s is a time for resolutions. An expert from Wake Forest University suggests that rather than making individual promises, families should set goals for the new calendar year together.
Dr. Samuel Gladding, a licensed professional counselor with a specialty in family counseling and chair of the Department of Counseling at Wake [...]
Washington, Dec 27 (ANI): Job seekers often encounter three major roadblocks to success: poor marketing, poor networking, and poor mind-set. Now, an expert has offered 10 New Year’s Resolutions aimed at overcoming those obstacles.
Andy Chan, vice president for career [...]
Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): Just add 30 minutes of physical activity to your daily regime and ensure a healthier 2010, according to an expert.
Peter Brubaker, professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University, said that regular daily [...]
Washington, Dec 6 (ANI): The allegations of extramarital affairs are often associated with men who are perceived to be promiscuous. However, a Wake Forest University researcher debunks the stereotype with his new finding.
According to Andrew Irwin-Smiler, majority of [...]
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): A Wake Forest University researcher has challenged the traditional view of happy holidays by pointing out that the higher our expectations, the less likely we are to be actually happy.
Researcher Samuel Gladding says it is the pressure to be happy that often leads to sadness and even depression during the holidays.
He [...]
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) The day is not far off when surgeons will be able to reconstruct or replace damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans and enable them to return to a normal life, says a new study.
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre’s (WFUBMC) Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IRM) have used tissue [...]
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine say they have found a way to replace penile erectile tissue and function in animals.
According to them their tissue engineering methods could one day help reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in men.
The researchers reported [...]
Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): A new American study aimed at furthering the understanding of the effects of drug abuse on humans has found that exposure to cocaine during pregnancy leads to poor impulsive control in male monkeys later in life.
The research by the Wake Forest University School of Medicine was presented at the annual Society [...]
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): Scientists at Wake Forest University have discovered that a species of tiger moth plays a trick with sound to avoid becoming a bat’s tasty treat.
Aaron Corcoran, a Wake Forest University graduate student, and William Conner, professor of biology at Wake Forest, found that the moth can make up to 450 [...]
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): A new study, conducted by Wake Forest University researchers, has shown that when parents expect their teenage kids to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so.
“Parents who believe they are simply being realistic might actually contribute to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Negative expectations on [...]
Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): The defenders of noted film director Roman Polanski, who has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and then fleeing the country, have been trying to redefine what rape is.
Comedian and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg had on The View on September 29 tried to defend his actions.
“It wasn’t rape-rape,” [...]
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): The defenders of noted film director Roman Polanski, who has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and then fleeing the country, have been trying to redefine what rape is.
Comedian and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg had on The View on September 29 tried to defend his actions.
“It wasn’t rape-rape,” [...]
Washington, Sep 26 (IANS) In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, security experts are deploying a new defence, modelled on one of nature’s hardiest creatures — the ant.
Unlike traditional security devices, which are static, these ‘digital ants’ wander through computer networks looking for threats, such as ‘computer worms’ — self-replicating programmes designed [...]
Washington, September 15 (ANI): Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have found that a popular stomach-acid reducer, which is used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients who need breathing machine support, triples the likelihood of contracting pneumonia among such patients.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia-the leading cause of infection-related deaths in critically ill patients-increases [...]
Washington, Sep 5 (ANI): Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have found a key contributor in the development of preeclampsia in pregnant women – a condition that can result in miscarriage and maternal death.
The researchers in [...]
Washington, Aug 12 (ANI): A research team, led by Indian-origin boffin, has come closer to understanding how fleeting moments are sealed into life-long memories.
According to the researchers, the findings may one day help scientists develop treatments to prevent and treat conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
“Although many things are known about memories that form [...]
