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Concerns over abuse of the drug OxyContin may seriously impede how physicians treat pain in legitimate patients, says the director of the UAB Palliative Care Center.

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Storm water runoff containing fertilizer from homes and golf courses can cause just as much damage to rivers and streams as toxic waste from industry and untreated sewage discharge, according to UAB biologists.

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Use of the proper knee stabilizing device after surgery can improve chances for a successful recovery, according to a UAB orthopedic trauma surgeon.

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In the mid-19th century the art of portraiture was threatened with obsolescence by the advent of photography.

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In a groundbreaking study, researchers have found a way to restore vision in blind mice who suffer from a rare retinal degenerative disease known as Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). (PNAS)

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A new interactive Web site is helping 12th grade teachers and professors prepare teenagers for the rigors of college English courses.

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The next two-three months are prime allergy season. Trees in the South already are pollinating and grasses will begin later in spring.

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Harassment at school differs from harassment in the workplace, because in the latter there is a legal course of action to pursue to stop the harassment, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham management professor.

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A new poll by UAB researchers shows the public believes television and newspapers are more credible as sources of news and information than the Internet.

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Fewer than 50 percent of adolescents with HIV take their medications as prescribed. (AIDS Care, 2-01)

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Children who do not get enough sleep are at increased risk for injury, according to a recent study by epidemiologists at UAB. (Pediatrics, 2-01)

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The March 5 mass shooting at a San Diego-area high school is the latest in a string of such incidents across the nation.

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It's gone from a body builder's steroid alternative to a date rape drug and now to a personal intoxicant, says Steve Moore, a UAB substance abuse counselor.

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Even sex can become a chore for couples who are trying to conceive. But when is the inability to conceive considered infertility?

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Elderly patients over age 70 who have experienced an accident or injury are at least three times more likely to suffer a recurrent trauma, according to a study by UAB researchers. (Archives of Surgery, 2-01)

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After a natural disaster like the earthquake in Seattle, there is so much focus on the disaster that young children may not get the emotional support they need, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham counseling expert.

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While stroke mortality rates continue to decline steadily for African Americans, the decline is not sufficient to make up for the 40 percent difference in rates between whites and blacks, according to a study by George Howard, Ph.D., chairman of the department of biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

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With the falling prices of digital technology, more households now have access to computers and digital cameras, but the paper and ink combinations found in most printers are not archival quality, says Derek Cracco, M.F.A., UAB assistant professor of art and art history.

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Beginning Feb. 10, travel to Ambato, Ecuador, via the WOW.UAB.EDU Web site with a team of UAB medical volunteers as they lead a week-long medical mission of mercy to provide reconstructive surgery for cleft lips, cleft palates, ears, feet and other deformities to underprivileged children.

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For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that all suspected cases of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) be investigated by a child abuse expert due to fears that some such deaths may be murders.

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If a Spring Break travel deal looks too good to be true it probably is, says UAB marketing expert Doug Ayers, Ph.D. Horror stories emerge each year from college students stranded in airports without flights home or stuck on a tropical island without accommodations.

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Starlix, the new diabetes drug the FDA approved for marketing in recent days, is a welcome pharmaceutical particularly for early Type II patients who are elderly, according to a UAB specialist involved in the drug's clinical trials.

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A mentally disturbed man with a grudge against the IRS fires a gun near the White House.

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Congestive heart failure patients sometimes skip their daily dose of diuretics to avoid embarrassing urinary accidents in public -- an unfortunate side effect of the medicine.

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The nation's "cancer epidemic" was caused solely by cigarette smoking, and environmental pollution played little role in it, say UAB researchers. (Journal of Clinical Oncology 1-1-01)

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The new book "Bottom of the Ninth: An Oral History on the Life of Harry 'The Hat' Walker" (2000) examines the life of a baseball legend whose game-winning hit in the 1946 World Series gave St. Louis the victory over Boston.

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UAB has received a $4.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a registry of blacks with early rheumatoid arthritis.

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Too many people are unaware of the risk factors and consequences of osteoporosis, says a UAB registered dietitian.

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Gonorrhea rates increased between 1997 and 1999, while syphilis rates continued to decline, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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A new study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) provides new information about how HIV-associated dementia develops in patients infected with HIV. (Journal of Virology, 10-00)

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No matter who ultimately wins the presidency, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham political scientist, voters in Florida are going to hold their politicians' feet to the fire in upcoming local and statewide races.

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A new program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the first in the country to respond to the growing demand for individuals with information engineering as well as real information management skills.

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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are testing a new HIV vaccine to determine if it is safe and whether it induces an immune response in the body.

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Ever wonder why hunters make such dramatic fashion statements with the color orange?

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Holiday revelers would do well to note that most children who die in alcohol-related vehicle crashes are killed because they are not restrained.

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Project Drive, a program developed by UAB's Civitan International Research Center, is helping people with low reading skills prepare to take the learner's license exam.

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Spoofs on bad behavior at holiday office parties may be humorous, but in real life, saying or doing the wrong thing can lead to big trouble for your career, says a UAB associate business dean.

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Recent layoffs in manufacturing--permanent and temporary--may be proof that fears of a slowing economy are not misplaced, says a UAB labor expert.

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In his new book, "The Anguish of Leadership," a University of Alabama at Birmingham associate professor profiles 14 veteran school superintendents around the nation and the problems and challenges they face as school leaders.

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Black Americans fare better now than they did seven years ago in the way donated kidneys are allocated for transplantation, but the playing field is still uneven, according to researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham. (NEJM, 11-23)

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Some parents will do almost anything to give their child the latest hot toy of the moment.

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Thanks to a brand new monitoring device under clinical investigation, Dr. Robert Bourge was able to connect one patientís Sunday shortness of breath to an almost-weekly Saturday night dinner date with his girlfriend.

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Results from a multicenter clinical trial headed by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham show that weight loss induced by Xenical (orlistat) can significantly reduce elevated blood pressure in overweight people.

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Surprise findings by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham indicate that white stroke patients may have a higher incidence of atherosclerotic plaques than black stroke patients.

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The country is now waiting for the results of the closest presidential election in 40 years.

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No matter who wins the presidential race next Tuesday, don't expect to see dramatic changes regarding the U.S. policy toward China, said University of Alabama at Birmingham historian and expert on East Asia.

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"In Japan, there is a sense that their business community is more comfortable with Republican presidents than Democrats," said UAB historian, commenting on the U.S. presidential race.

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The department of family medicine at UAB has received a four-year, $4.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study a program aimed at reducing the rate of smoking among women of child-bearing age.

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Sudden weight gain may herald approaching Type 2 diabetes.

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The National Rifle Association recently spent nearly $1M in key battleground states to support presidential candidate George W. Bush, who calls for enforcing current gun laws instead of new gun control legislation.