A UAB professor and student are examining how a new drug may improve life expectancies for CF patients and unplanned pregnancies among women.
Valve-in-valve treatments are becoming more necessary as patients get older and outlive their original replacement heart valves.
Alabama’s largest comprehensive heart valve program offers TAVR, numerous valve replacement and repairs, perileak closure, and other structural heart procedures.
Earnest Tate saw his overall health slipping before enduring a heart attack. Then he went to UAB Hospital.
UAB clinician shares tips, ideas to help diabetic children and their families enjoy Halloween goodies
A UAB researcher has received a five-year, $2.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study the pathogenesis of thrombotic microangiopathy, or TMA. In simple terms, this means looking for factors that cause or aid the onset of extensive microscopic clots in small blood vessels throughout the body.
Computer & Information Sciences researchers tested users’ abilities to detect malware and phishing attacks while measuring the neurophysiological behavior underlying these tasks.
With a cancer treatment that could damage her reproductive system looming, Jessica Sparks decided to harvest and freeze her eggs to keep her dream of building a family alive.
Phase I clinical trials will start for a female sex hormone that may help save lives on the battlefield, where between 2001 and 2011 more than 80 percent of potentially preventable U.S. war injury deaths resulted from blood loss.
UAB will launch the first Phase 1 human trials of a drug — derived from the female hormone estrogen — that may help patients with severe bleeding survive long enough to get to appropriate medical care The drug may have a profound effect on an individual’s ability to survive major blood loss.
New research from UAB’s Department of Biology shows how one species can fully support the development of another species in a sustainable system.
UAB clinical psychologist says those who survived the Oregon mass shootings or other difficult events should engage with a team of mental health professionals.
E. coli ClpB is a bacterial enzyme that untangles proteins. Such tangles are hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. A study led by UAB's Aaron Lucius offers new insight on this amazing molecular machine, and could lead toward new treatment approaches.
Predators’ arrival could radically alter marine life.
UAB is leading a team of researchers in a trial to combat blood pressure risk factors.
David Kimberlin, M.D., is the vice chair of Pediatrics, co-director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UAB and a physician at Children’s of Alabama. He is the editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Red Book, which establishes which vaccines should be given, when and to whom. He is also the father of three children.
UAB researchers have found automated and human verification for voice-based user authentication vulnerable, and explore how an attacker in possession of voice audio samples could compromise a victim’s security, safety and privacy.
Three-year grant will provide graduate scholars with stipends and other financial and educational support to pursue training in disparities research.
Clomiphene is more effective than letrozole for achieving pregnancy, NIH-funded study finds.
UAB, FMM and SeaHorse announce a comprehensive clinical program for the diagnosis of neuromuscular mitochondrial diseases using precision medicine models for monitoring therapeutic interventions.
UAB researchers have discovered a novel mechanism for one 1918 flu virus protein that may help explain the virulence of that unusually deadly pandemic. That outbreak killed 50 million to 100 million people.
The new M.D./MBA program is accepting applicants for the summer of 2016 for first-year medical students.
Blood tests in obese African-American teenage girls reveal immune system changes which ‘prime the system’ to develop cardiovascular disease later in life.
Rural Alabama is a long way from the high-tech UAB Hospital, where students in the School of Nursing learn state-of-the-art patient care — and that’s the point of practicing individualized, community care
Lower blood pressure target of 120 mm Hg greatly reduces cardiovascular complications and deaths in older adults.
While babies are born with very little vitamin K, and the only way to sufficiently supplement it is through an injection soon after birth, some parents are shying away from the shots.
A UAB sleep medicine physician says make your bedroom an electronics-free-zone, along with some other good tips, to help get a good night's sleep.
This renewing of UAB’s prestigious Center for Translational Science Award will bolster research and workforce development at UAB and throughout its regional partner network in the Southeast.
Fifty-first transplant means 102 total surgeries have been performed since December 2013 as the nation’s longest-ever chain continues to grow.
Southern favorites like fried chicken and bacon may taste great when consumed, but they can have negative effects on heart health, according to UAB researchers.
In JAMA Viewpoint, Edward W. Hook III, M.D., says doctors and patients must be willing to talk about sex if we are to decrease the nation’s rate of sexually transmitted infections.
For a medical mystery that defies explanation or diagnosis, the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at UAB is the court of last resort. The program aims to unravel the most perplexing medical cases in which a diagnosis has not previously been made.
Michael Niederweis of the University of Alabama at Birmingham describes the first known toxin of the pathogenic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This necrotizing toxin is the founding member of a novel class of previously unrecognized toxins present in 246 bacterial and fungal species.
UAB is one of the only medical centers in the US using the ROSA robot in stereotactic EEG, to better find the origin of seizures in the brains of epilepsy patients prior to surgery.
Molecular details of ADAMTS13 binding by autoantibodies reveal, for the first time, the mechanism of inhibition of ADAMTS13 by those autoantibodies and suggest an avenue for therapeutic intervention.
UAB research shows that phytoplankton, the foundation of all marine life, will experience varied growth rates due to ocean acidification levels during the next century.
Narrowing of aortic arch, infant’s otherwise good health prompt physicians to move Baby JJ’s Glenn procedure up one month.
UAB has received a $4 million grant from NIH to study methods of countering exposure to bromine, a highly toxic liquid commonly used as a flame retardant and in the manufacture of photographic film. It has also been used as a poison gas.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Psychiatry will open a mental health and wellness clinic specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning individuals...a population that is underserved and at risk for depression, anxiety and suicide.
A product designed by UAB engineers to help save lives during natural disasters is approved for use.
Many patients diagnosed with type 1 as adults don’t fit the standard profile for a diabetes diagnosis; they are younger, relatively fit and have little if any belly fat. Then 41-year-old Joy Myers experienced ketoacidosis and nearly died this past fall, spending nine days in a coma as physicians uncovered she experienced immediate onset T1D.
Virginia Wadley, Ph.D., says until this new JAMA study, whether or not stroke survivors are at-risk over the long term was an unknown.
While it is well-known that nonsmokers can get cancer from inhaling smoke, the amount of risk associated with secondhand smoke and stroke has remained unclear until now.
Geneticist Haydeh Payami, Ph.D., is exploring the protective power of coffee, nicotine and NSAIDs — and the damage caused by the immune system and microbiome. She also finding predictive power in key genetic variations.
Multiple myeloma uses a trick akin to a wolf in sheep’s clothing to grow in and spread to new bone sites. By overexpressing Runx2, a gene that normally is a master regulator of bone formation, the cells of this largely incurable cancer produce proteins that mimic the normal bone-resident cells.
Male and female mice use different immune cells to process chronic pain, indicating that different therapies for different genders could better target the problem.
Environmental factors like pool and ocean water seem harmless, but they can actually affect eye health. UAB experts break down how to stay safe this season.
The LIBERATE Study will further investigate the Eclipse System, the first vaginal insert designed to provide bowel control.
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