With the NCAA basketball finals underway a voice can easily go hoarse from the yelling and hoopla -- just ask Sir Charles Barkley. Here’s how to prevent or care for a hoarse voice.
As Autism Awareness Month kicks off this April, experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) offer tips to an increasing number of parents and children facing the challenges the disorder presents.
A study in mice with genetic mutations seen in human Alzheimer's disease found that the feeling of hunger itself may protect against the disease.
UAB School of Nursing engaging partners at a critical time to improve health care access and quality of care.
UAB School of Nursing developing intervention for trucking health and safety.
Tiny patients get a healthier start, thanks to ground-breaking research led by UAB nurse.
The UAB School of Nursing is raising the bar on service for veterans and their families.
Young Breast Cancer Survivors Workshop, an initiative of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, brings together young breast cancer survivors, their spouses and support people, and their children, for support, education activities.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing is developing and implementing an innovative interprofessional collaborative health-care practice model designed to improve quality of care and outcomes for underserved patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions.
As a member of the national Peace Corps Fellows program, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing extends financial assistance to returning Peace Corps volunteers who want to become nurses
Prematurity, low birth weight leading cause for the leveling off of infant mortality and neonatal mortality rates in the United States
There has been a lot of buzz about the weight loss benefits of eating gluten-free, but UAB doctors say it’s important to find out if you need to eat this way or not.
Researchers at UAB found that only 1 in 5 veterans reported receiving brain injury education while serving in the military. The researchers, whose findings were published this week in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, believe a lack of accurate knowledge could lead to misdiagnosis or misinterpretation due to the many symptoms that can overlap among brain injury and other conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and chronic pain.
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers think ketamine, an anesthesia medication in use since the 1970s, might be a valuable tool in treating severe depression and reducing suicidal urges; they have launched two studies to explore the possibility. One of the studies, ketamine is administered to suicidal patients in the UAB Hospital emergency department (ED), is the only such trial actually being conducted in an ED in the nation.
Chronic inflammation can lead to chronic diseases, but it can be reduced naturally through the proper diet.
UAB investigators have found a new pathway that contributes to an often fatal lung disease with no cure and no effective treatments, and possibly a way to shut that pathway down.
Carrots get all the attention for eye health, but there are several other foods and nutrients that can help.
The heart failure drug digoxin, used less and less since it “failed” in its 1997 clinical trial, may do something no drug has achieved since: reduce by 34 percent the chances that heart failure patients will be admitted to the hospital within 30 days of first taking it.
There are endless opportunities to spend a small fortune on a box of pills promising to ease hunger and help lose weight – but they may not be as safe as natural ways to reduce hunger.
UAB experts say dining out can be costly with both finances and weight; while a mental health break is crucial at lunch time, it can be achieved with a packed lunch.
Given the opportunity to earn incentives, employees will use the stairs more often, and thus improve their health, according to UAB study.
International team led by UAB finds 78 percent drop in leatherback turtle nests at primary nesting site; largest marine turtle in world may vanish.
Adults are not the only ones who should focus on good heart health. A UAB doctor explains when heart healthy habits need to start.
Not getting enough nightly rest can be very taxing on the cardiovascular system, says a UAB expert.
UAB treated the first patient in the nation in an experimental lung reduction procedure for emphysema.
Repeat midurethral sling surgery can improve quality of life in women with recurrent stress urinary incontinence who have already undergone the procedure.
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) nephrologists have reported for the first time in medical literature cases of acute kidney injury directly linked with synthetic marijuana use. The case studies are reported online in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and will appear in the March 2013 print edition of the journal.
UAB professor and chair Donna Arnett will give a presidential address at the annual conference, and several UAB faculty will present important research findings.
If you exercise, eat right and don’t smoke, a history of heart disease in your family can still put you at risk – even if you are a female.
Consequences of believing in obesity myths: poor policy, misguided public health advice and wasted health-care dollars.
The benefits of massage therapy are both physical and mental; while some are immediate, others accumulate over time.
The UAB Courage Network provides an opportunity for employees who are newly diagnosed to lean on survivors for support.
Shake up your palate by trying these yummy, and potentially unfamiliar, foods as recommended by a UAB clinical dietitian.
A UAB health and wellness expert encourages positive weight loss efforts through healthy weight loss in small increments.
The flu could be especially severe for the 39.6 million older adults in the United States.
Make 2013 memorable by following these UAB doctor-recommended lifestyle changes.
The latest edition of Best Doctors in America recognizes 325 UAB physicians — voted by their peers as the best.
UAB researchers report that making odd food mixtures brings drug-like emotions to binge eaters, potentially hampering treatment of eating disorders.
The REGARDS study will continue to investigate racial and geographic disparities in stroke illness and death.
The ongoing REGARDS study finds that a 10-millimeter difference in blood pressure can make blacks three times more likely than whites to have a stroke.
UAB health care economists estimate benefits to Medicaid expansion under the PPACA.
Sarah Parcak’s remote-sensing expertise uncovered lost sites, unlocked mysteries into the success of the Roman Empire.
The City of Birmingham and UAB announce partnership to commemorate the seminal events of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.
Gearing up to start an exercise program — especially for those over 40 — can be filled with pitfalls. Experts at UAB say start slow and low.
Techniques used in breeding programs meant to yield the perfect dairy cow may soon more accurately predict a person’s genetic risk for skin cancer.
Lower your risk for a slew of illnesses — and save money — by having yearly physical examinations, UAB experts say.
Genetic changes that protected their ancestors against fly-borne parasites may partly explain why African-Americans with lupus are up to five times more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease than those of European descent.
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