Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy could serve as a method for early detection of heart disease in women with chest pain in the absence of significant blockages in the larger arteries, reports a multi-center study led by a University of Alabama at Birmingham cardiologist (NEJM).
Female engineering students start out in college less confident than their male peers, according to a recent Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network survey.
Some scientists estimate HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can survive a few hours outside the body; however, it probably cannot be spread efficiently by an object left lying around.
Speculation is running high about who George W. Bush and Al Gore will choose as running mates; candidates typically want running mates who can balance the ticket, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham political scientist.
Edward Y. Hartshorne, a U.S. government official, is credited with helping to root out Nazi sympathizers from Germany's universities in the U.S. Occupied Zone following World War II.
Eight months through a pregnancy is too late to begin a Lamaze course because a typical class lasts six weeks, says UAB Director of Women's and Infants Services.
Being a good supervisor is important, but keep your own boss, and his boss, happy if you want to climb the career ladder, says dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business.
Developing a good relationship with your physician is key to achieving good health and a maximum quality of life, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham internal medicine physician.
Throw your lens cap away, suggests a University of Alabama at Birmingham photography professor; replace it with a skylight or ultraviolet filter that screws directly onto the lens.
Those popular platform shoes could cause foot problems, particularly for pre-teens who wear shoes with significant (3-inch) heels throughout the day.
Incidents like the recent school shooting in Flint and the shooting spree in Memphis have sparked new calls for gun control, but policymakers shouldn't be hasty in making new laws and policies in response to singular incidents, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham criminologist.
A genetically engineered, gene-bearing herpes virus that significantly increases the survival time of mice with brain tumors has been created by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science).
WOW.UAB.EDU is a new, interactive, regularly updated Web site that shares the adventure of discovery with University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers and students.
While some workers benefit from state insurance mandates, many are actually worse-off, says the director of University of Alabama at Birmingham's Lister Hill Center for Health Policy.
Watching the amount of cholesterol and saturated fat in your diet can do more than save your heart; it can save money, too.
Programming a videocassette recorder or using a new computer can be frustrating, but when machines don't work, who do people blame? (Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000).
Federal authorities say they lack the resources to combat hacker attacks that lock up prominent Web sites, but a University of Alabama at Birmingham engineer says watchfulness is the best defense for business owners.
UAB Hospital was the first in Alabama routinely to use state-of-the-art technology, called myocardial nuclear perfusion imaging, in an emergency setting to help diagnose heart attacks as they occur.
Neelaksh Varshney, an electrical engineering major, was named as the University of Alabama at Birmingham's first Rhodes Scholar and also was named to a spot on the USA Today 2000 All-USA College Academic First Team.
The chemical defenses of marine organisms in Antarctica will be studied next month by a team of scientists led by UAB and Florida Institute of Technology.
Story ideas include a nurse who had pediatric surgery, pace of pacemakers, making sick hearts beat more effectively, the skinny on low-carb diets, eating healthy, barriers that inhibit exercise, and heredity and heart disease.
Autoclaved aerated concrete is a lightweight, porous concrete material that's been used successfully in Europe for years and is now being studied at UAB for use in the U.S.
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are beginning a study into an innovative therapy for advanced heart failure that is intended to make a sick heart beat more effectively.
Researchers at UAB are on the road to a vaccine for myasthenia gravis, a disabling muscular disease, which hinders muscle movement by blocking muscle cell receptors from receiving signals from the nervous system.
As pundits argue for the free speech rights of Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker, a clear cut employment issue is being lost like a ball in high grass, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham labor expert.
1- Adjust pacemaker before exercising; 2- Strides in battling sickle cell; 3- Rethinking minority business; 4- Nursing education goes on line.
Fluid needs do not diminish just because the weather is cold, says a UAB registered dietitian.
The German government has given preliminary approval for establishing a $5.2 billion compensation fund for 1.24 million Holocaust-era slaves and forced laborers.
The average person who drinks six to eight glasses of water a day should go to the restroom about every two to four hours and get up no more than one or two times a night, say UAB researchers.
In the face of increasing hacker attacks, at-risk personal computer users do have a few options, says a UAB computer engineer.
Mary Fisher, AIDS activist and founder of the Family AIDS Network, announced today in Washington, D.C., that the network will close and a new AIDS institute will be established at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Being single can create the "why bother" mindset when it comes to meals, says the director of the UAB EatRight nutritional program.
If toothbrushes can do everything these days -- bend, flex, and fit like a glove -- how do you know which one is right for you?
Consider an oral history in tracing family tree, says the UAB historian who directs the oral history project at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Most Alabama hospital pharmacies do not stock an adequate supply of the agents necessary to treat poisonings, says UAB and Children's Hospital pharmacists in the Dec. 1999 Southern Medical Journal.
ABCLE is a state-wide coalition of health-care professionals, educators, and policymakers who will identify problems, make recommendations, and build public support for ways to improve care of the dying.
Work on ultrathin organic polymers that will carry an electric current and generate strong light won a UAB researcher a $370,000 Career Award from the National Science Foundation.
Racial disparities in infant mortality rates have increased, according to a study by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Maternal and Child Health Journal, 1-00).
UAB scientists are hoping to turn off the "master switch" that is thought to cause juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
Want to get the scoop on what it's really like to be a medical student at UAB? The school is making it easier for prospective medical school applicants to get acquainted by linking the applicants to medical students already enrolled at UAB.
The percentage of obese children in the United States doubled in the past 20 years to 17 percent, according to statistics.
Young adults may find that credit cards only pretend to be their friends, says a UAB economist.
CLEAR!... It's what you always hear on TV medical dramas just before the patient's heart is shocked back into motion -- but is it the best way to re-start a heart?
Beginning winter 2000, the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will offer the first of a series of online courses for registered nurses returning to school for their bachelor's degrees.
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have shown that by manipulating the immune system they can prevent or slow the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice.
A gift of art for Christmas may be a bad choice in many ways, says Alan Atkinson, Ph.D., UAB Department of Art and Art History.
About 36 percent of patients with dementia are prone to wander away from home and become lost, says UAB gerontologist.
For carmakers that compete globally like DaimlerChrysler and Honda, a merger makes sense, because combining research and development expenditures would make them more profitable, said a UAB marketing professor and auto industry expert.
A study under way at UAB aims to determine if a woman can reduce her risk of cervical cancer by quitting smoking. "Nicotine and other chemicals in tobacco smoke accumulate in the cervix," says an associate professor with UAB's division of preventive medicine.
Many parents are enduring long store lines and high prices to buy Pokemon and other popular toys. "But when a child sees his parent going to extraordinary means to get something he wants, he can take it in at least two ways," says a UAB child psychologist.
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