UAB School of Public Health researchers found that 66 percent of residents of Alabama’s most populous county had a complete disaster preparedness kit on hand after the tornado outbreak.
The first patient in the SE who had the NeuroPace responsive neurostimulator implanted in her brain to control seizures shows marked improvement in just 30 days.
The excitement of football, and even the activities and feelings of anticipation leading up to games, can be unhealthy in ways many do not realize, according to Jody Gilchrist, a nurse practitioner at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Chemical properties play a powerful role in the development of flavors.
Sixteen clinical centers and 30 hospitals will enroll up to 5,700 pregnant women in the most comprehensive study of chronic hypertension in pregnancy ever undertaken to evaluate the benefits and harms of pharmacologic treatment during pregnancy.
UAB researchers are investigating game-based verification that may improve computer security and reduce user frustration compared to typical “type-what-you-see” CAPTCHA tools that use static images.
The $25 service, available to adults 18 and older in the Birmingham area, combines the expertise of UAB Medicine providers with the convenience of online access.
This public health initiative aims to ensure area babies have an opportunity to receive vital ‘first-food nutrients’ essential to early development.
Group B Streptococcus, when passed from mother to newborn during birth, is the leading cause of sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis.
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the most extensive known outbreak of this disease. While the risk of globalization is low, says one UAB expert, awareness is important.
UAB Distinguished Professor Suzanne Oparil's editorial highlights research efforts exploring low-sodium intake guidelines and implications on cardiac disease and mortality.
The common use of anesthetic agents came of age during the American Civil War, as battlefield medicine translated to civilian use.
Dean Michael Reddy’s appointment of Conan Davis to assistant dean for Community Collaborations and Public Health will strengthen, grow community partnerships.
Parents should consider flavored waters and reduced-fat milk in lieu of fruit juices for lunches. School teachers also can reinforce positive overall health habits.
Lice are highly contagious and tough to treat and remove. Here are some facts, tips and personal experiences with the tiny, parasitic insects.
Immune system cells and a drug used for treating rheumatoid arthritis will be studied in an effort to reduce inflammation in kidney transplants and improve long-term function.
As kids prepare to go back to school, UAB experts say planning ahead with these tips can help children reach academic and personal goals.
Consuming fried foods and sugar-sweetened beverages is linked to a 50 percent increase in risk of death, according to a new study in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
States that allow officers to pull over a driver for texting while driving saw fewer deaths than those that use secondary enforcement of texting bans.
Though kids often stay on track with receiving vaccines due to school requirements, with no system in place, adult rates remain low, according to one UAB expert.
A new study suggests that low carbohydrate diets should be the first point of attack in managing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
UAB has enrolled the first patient in the United States in a Phase III clinical trial for a drug to treat preeclampsia in pregnant women that, if successful, would be a significant clinical breakthrough for reducing pre-term births and infant mortality.
Boni Elewski, M.D., led one of two trials featured in the New England Journal of Medicine that show secukinumab is a safe and effective psoriasis treatment.
Cheri Plasters, a University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing graduate and nurse in transplant and general surgical services in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, will implement the “Have you ever served in the military?” campaign at UAB.
The birthrate for African elephants in zoos is declining, and UAB researchers look for a link between inflammation and obesity that may be connected to the increase in infertility.
Mary York's heart broke when she heard her husband of 65 years say he didn't want to live anymore. UAB physicians were able to repair his heart — and ultimately hers, too — when her husband became one of the first in Alabama to receive a MitraClip.
Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, has been appointed honorary consul for Brazil for the state of Alabama.
Twenty-one living donors have changed the lives of 21 recipients so far as part of the nation’s longest ongoing single-center paired kidney transplant chain, which is under way at the UAB. The UAB Kidney Chain will resume the week of July 7.
Nepal has high rates of HPV infection, which nearly always causes cervical cancer. UAB research looks at the prevalence and a potential screening method.
People trying to lose weight are often told to eat more fruits and vegetables, but new UAB research shows this bit of advice may not be true.
A new virtual reality system helps children learn to cross streets safely.
Researchers at UAB say it is time to abandon some popular but erroneous obesity myths. In an article in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, the team presents nine obesity myths and 10 commonly held but unproven presumptions that the authors suggest lead to poor policy decisions, inaccurate public health recommendations and wasted resources.
Alabamian Tony Parris presented to UAB cardiologists with three blockages around the heart. The physicians devised a new hybrid procedure, which included minimally invasive robotic bypass surgery to one vessel, as well as stenting to two remaining vessels — all in the span of three days.
Neurosurgeons at UAB have implanted a new type of electrical stimulator to control seizures in patients with difficult-to-control epilepsy called a responsive neurostimulator. It marked the first time in the Southeast the RNS system by NeuroPace had been implanted since the device gained FDA approval in November 2013.
Researchers at UAB have shed new light on how gliomas migrate in the brain. The findings show gliomas disrupt normal neural connections and hijack control of blood vessels. The study provides insight on how glioma cells spread throughout the brain and potentially offers a tantalizing opportunity for therapy.
Developed for patients with bradycardia — a heart rate that is too slow — the Nanostim device is designed to be placed directly on the patient’s heart without the visible lump, scar and insulated wires, or leads, required for conventional pacemakers.
A UAB study showed that gardening helped cancer survivors eat better, get more exercise and improve physical function.
Medical advances and interventions may have helped reduce the effects of obesity on life span, say new results published in Obesity Reviews.
UAB epidemiologist Christine Skibola used genomics to identify a DNA variant that makes some susceptible to leukemia.
An enzyme closely associated with genetic forms of Parkinson’s disease appears to play a larger role in its progression than previously thought, say investigators at UAB.
A woman who nearly lost an eye to a bottle rocket last year joins UAB ophthalmologists to urge families to leave fireworks to the professionals this summer.
An innovative solution for safeguarding personal information relies on your proximity instead of your memory.
Previous research has found an association between not eating breakfast and obesity; but no large, randomized controlled trials had sought to find causation until now.
UAB School of Nursing federally funded study shows both the patient and caregiver benefit from early palliative care.
UAB is launching a new clinical effort — the first of its type in the US — to prepare a personalized dementia risk assessment for people concerned about their risk for developing memory problems as they age.
Make a healthful diet part of your vacation plans with a little preparation, says a UAB dietitian.
Researchers at the UAB School of Medicine have created an experimental blood test that, for the first time, determines a Bioenergetic Health Index, by gauging the performance of mitochondria, the cell’s energy powerhouses.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have identified a strategy that highly aggressive brain tumor cells use to fuel their relentless expansion.
The yearlong residency is open to certified mental health nurse practitioners that have graduated within the past 12 months.
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