Wake Forest Baptist Health
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Welcome to Wake Forest Baptist Health's page! In addition to posting helpful health information, we are using this page to interact with you. “Like” us to receive the latest news and updates including clinical and research breakthroughs. Read about a patient’s experience and share your own. Find a listing of our upcoming classes and seminars that take place at our community resource center, BestHealth. Just be sure to read our participation guidelines (link below) before you post anything to our social media accounts.
Social Media Participation Guidelines: http://www.wakehealth.edu/Social-Media/Social-Media-Participation-Guidelines.htm
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is a fully integrated academic medical center located in Winston-Salem, NC. The institution comprises the medical education and research components of Wake Forest School of Medicine; the integrated clinical structure and consumer brand Wake Forest Baptist Health; the commercialization of research discoveries through Wake Forest Innovations, and a network of affiliated community-based hospitals, physician practices, outpatient services and other medical facilities.
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Hey athletes and parents! Gear up for your best season yet with tips and expert advice from our Sports Medicine specialists. Download our guide to learn about preventing injury, concussions, heat illness, burnout, nutrition, and much more. http://ow.ly/7D6R50vPJXI
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Football season is here and Dr. Kip Byrum and Dr. James Smith are ready! Go DEACS!
We're LIVE with Katie Maxey, RD at the new Mother’s Nursing Nook, part of The Birth Center.
Doctors advise patients to get flu shots as influenza season could flare up soon
“Children are petri plates to pick up germs to bring home to their families,” said Ohl, an infectious disease expert at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. “Sometimes for us in public health the issue is the child brings the virus home from school and then there’s grandmother or some adult in the household who has an immunocompromising condition or underlying health condition and the flu can be quite serious for those people.” http://ow.ly/7pIC50vMIAp
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Dr. Nitsche is LIVE on WXII 12 NEWS with Nicole Ducouer as they discuss higher risk pregnancies.
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Proud to announce that we marked an important milestone for the Wake Forest Baptist Health Cancer Survivorship Clinic last week. For the first time, we had a recreational therapist and a survivor volunteer in the clinic! Ben Curti, RT and Dusty Donaldson, cancer survivor from the Dusty Joy Foundation met with patients to discuss life after treatment and support that is available to our lung cancer survivors. If you are interested in volunteering at the Cancer Survivorship Clinic, please visit http://bit.ly/WFBHVolunteer to submit a volunteer application.
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A heart-healthy diet can help to prevent heart disease, or conditions that may lead to heart disease, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and obesity. We've outlined tips to help: http://ow.ly/vKVM50voDn5
Tune in to WXII 12 NEWS at 7:30 this evening on Facebook as they will be LIVE at with Nicole Ducouer and our Midwife Nona Smith at The Birth Center.
Medical Technologist Virtual Career Fair!
Wake Forest Baptist Health’s Medical Technologist Virtual Career Fair is almost here! Chat with us from wherever you are on Tuesday September 17th at 11:00am. Visit the link below to register! http://ow.ly/pFF750vLbqH
Wake Forest Baptist CEO Recognized by National Health Care Publication
Our Julie Ann Freischlag, has been named one of the Physician Leaders to Know by Becker’s Hospital Review, a national health care media organization based in Chicago. One-hundred five health care executives were recognized this year. Freischlag is one of 17 female executives to make the list and the only woman executive to serve in both roles as CEO of a clinical health care system and dean of a medical school, basic science and clinical research programs.
We were LIVE at the ribbon cutting of our new mobile health clinic. For more informtion, please visit: http://bit.ly/2LoLb87
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