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Questions and Answers About Your Thyroid Issues

January is Thyroid Awareness Month. Dr. Kristen Gill Hairston, an endocrinologist, answers common questions about thyroid issues.

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Comprehensive Cancer Center

At Wake Forest Baptist Health, we combine leading-edge medicine with the highest level of compassion. That is how we’ve built the only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Triad.

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Piedmont Triad Research Park Media Kit

The Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP) is the largest urban life science research park in North Carolina, and among the largest in the U.S. at approximately 230 acres of which 55 acres are open green space.

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Orthopedics: Knees and Hips
Tying Shoelaces ImageIf groin, thigh, or knee pain and decreased range of motion are keeping you from doing the things you love, you should see an orthopedic specialist in knees and hips.
At Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, our experienced physicians and advanced technology mean less invasive procedures, less pain and shorter recovery times.
  • Arthroscopy
  • Hip replacement
  • Hip resurfacing
  • Hip revision
  • Partial hip replacement
  • Knee replacement
  • Knee revision
  • MAKOplasty® Partial Knee Resurfacing 
For an information kit or for assistance in scheduling an appointment, call 888-716-WAKE or request an appointment online. View some of the advertisements you may see or hear throughout the Piedmont Triad on our Multimedia page.
 
U.S. News & World Report Rankings 

Best Hospitals 2011-12: US News & World ReportA Tradition of Excellence

Since 1993, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) has ranked Winston-Salem, NC-based Wake Forest Baptist among the best hospitals in the nation. For 2011-12, we've been honored in 4 specialty areas and recognized as high-performing in 8 others.  

Consistently Among the Best

Wake Forest Top Doctor ImageIn 2011, U.S. News & World Report partnered with independent research group Castle Connolly on their annual review of America's Top Doctors®. Ninety-four Wake Forest Baptist Physicians were recognized, with 53 cited as among the top one percent of physicians in their fields nationwide.

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Protein Shows Promise in Blood Sugar Regulation

Protein Shows Promise in Blood Sugar Regulation

Generally diagnosed in children, teenagers and young adults, type 1 diabetes requires regular injections of insulin for patients to survive. Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have opened a new line of research into this devastating disease with the discovery of a protein that they hope will one day lead to a new treatment.

News & Highlights

New research from Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a...

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Bedwetting isn’t always due to problems with the bladder. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn’t diagnosed,...

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Every year between 3 and 10 percent of school-age children in this country are diagnosed with attention deficit...

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New research from lead author Medge Owen, M.D., a professor of obstetrical anesthesiology at Wake Forest Baptist...

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A national clinical trial testing the efficacy of a novel brain tumor vaccine has begun at Wake Forest Baptist Medical...

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