WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Feb. 18 (TNSjou) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60% to 80% of dementia cases, according to the Alzheimer's Association. While current research suggests alcohol use disorder is a risk factor in Alzheimer's disease, the impact alcohol use disorder has on Alzheimer's disease pathology is an area of continued research. In a new preclinical study, scientist  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 16 -- North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell issued the following news release: Nonprofit hospital executives enriched themselves while fueling a crisis of health care affordability in North Carolina. A new analysis of hospital data finds that nonprofit hospital CEOs doubled their paychecks in less than five years -- a fraction of the time previously thought. Existing research had gravely underestimated the growth of wage inequity across nonprofit hospitals  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 14 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Adam Huggins, MD, MMHC, Associate Chief Medical Officer for Vanderbilt Wilson and Sumner Counties and assistant professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been named to the newly created role of Chief of Staff (COS) for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Regional Hospital Division. His appointment is effective March 1. As Regional Hospital Division COS, Huggins will report to  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Feb. 15 (TNSfund) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: * * * $650K to fund research with applications for clean energy technologies * * * For Elham Ghadiri, developing new laser techniques to discover and improve solar energy conversion devices that could help mitigate climate change is her passion. She teaches inorganic chemistry at Wake Forest University and recently began a new course that focuses on Nanochemistry in Energy and Medicine. O  more