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Global Temperature Report: November 2015

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Investigators at UAB want to determine whether a newer, easier-to-use breathing tube will produce better results than existing endotracheal tubes in cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. UAB’s Alabama Resuscitation Center is spearheading a national trial involving paramedics in five U.S. metropolitan areas.

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A method of cleaning drinking water with light is being tested and developed at The University of Alabama with the hope of creating a product available for homes and businesses.

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Cancer survivor Malia McCoy from Pell City, Ala. received the opportunity of a lifetime by shadowing UAB School of Nursing students for a day.

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A group of people with fatal H1N1 flu died after their viral infections triggered a deadly hyperinflammatory disorder in susceptible individuals with gene mutations linked to the overactive immune response, according to a study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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Amyloid beta, the plaque that accumulates in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, may also contribute to Alzheimer’s by interfering with normal blood flow in the brain, according to investigators UAB. In findings published Nov. 23 in the journal Brain, the team shows that when amyloid beta accumulates around blood vessels — where it is known as vascular amyloid — it appears to prevent the brain from properly regulating blood flow, which is essential to normal brain function.

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Vituro Health has launched operations to offer complete prostate management services, including minimally-invasive high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy. Stephen Scionti, M.D., is the leading U.S. HIFU expert and Vituro Health’s first partner physician.

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A resin developed at UAB's Materials Processing and Applications Development center is replacing the metal ring typically used to prevent cracks from furthering down an elephant’s tusk.

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Changes in routine, including elaborate plans or scheduling special events, can have an adverse effect on someone suffering from any form of dementia.

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Donald Rabren came in to have open-heart surgery until a surgeon discovered great risk in continuing and elected to close him up and do a different procedure three days later.

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The Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance has become the first organization in Alabama to offer performance improvement continuing medical education for exclusively practice-based physicians through its developmental screening project, Help Me Grow/Project LAUNCH.

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The number of U.S. biomedical postdoctoral fellows has fallen for three years in a row, an unprecedented decline that University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Louis Justement, Ph.D., and colleagues call “an end to the era of expansion.”

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94-year-old Wade Gladden came to UAB with only 20 percent heart function, but physicians put a monthslong plan in place to restore function — and the Alabama resident hit every mark along the way.

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Treating patients 50 and older with high blood pressure to a systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg reduced rates of cardiovascular events, including heart attack, heart failure and stroke, by 25 percent.

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A piezoelectric load-sensing washer being developed by a professor and a recent graduate at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) provides a more accurate way to measure the clamping force exerted by the bolt it is on.

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Continuous chest compression, touted as the new way to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, was not an improvement over standard CPR, according to findings published in NEJM by eight US and Canadian universities in the ROC consortium.

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UAB researchers have received funding to seek and validate biomarkers for the progressive, inherited disease Friedreich’s ataxia, a life-shortening degenerative neuromuscular disorder. They are using induced pluripotent stem cells in this work.

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Physicians embarked on a rare operation in an effort to save the lives of one Georgian, one Alabamian.

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Through a grant from the USDE, CrossingPoints will increase its annual enrollment from 18-20 students to as many as 30, with an increased focus on developing skills for independent living and accessing post-secondary education.

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When her dad was too sick to leave UAB Hospital, Sarah Williams brought her wedding to him with the help of the team providing his care.

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A UAH undergraduate's paper is a top 10 download at ScienceDirect. The paper details efforts to develop a supersensitive nanodevice that can detect cancers and other diseases at an extremely early stage.

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Global Temperature Report: October 2015

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A UAB professor and student are examining how a new drug may improve life expectancies for CF patients and unplanned pregnancies among women.

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Valve-in-valve treatments are becoming more necessary as patients get older and outlive their original replacement heart valves.

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Alabama’s largest comprehensive heart valve program offers TAVR, numerous valve replacement and repairs, perileak closure, and other structural heart procedures.

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Earnest Tate saw his overall health slipping before enduring a heart attack. Then he went to UAB Hospital.

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UAB clinician shares tips, ideas to help diabetic children and their families enjoy Halloween goodies

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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.

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Computer & Information Sciences researchers tested users’ abilities to detect malware and phishing attacks while measuring the neurophysiological behavior underlying these tasks.

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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.

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Researchers at The University of Alabama, in collaboration with colleagues in Germany, have developed a new way to use wood or other kinds of biomass to make chemical materials without relying on the usual non-renewable petrochemical starting materials.

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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.

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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.

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New research from UAB’s Department of Biology shows how one species can fully support the development of another species in a sustainable system.

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will soon be home to a new $2 million wind tunnel system championed by the university’s eminent scholar in propulsion, Dr. Phillip Ligrani.

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UAB clinical psychologist says those who survived the Oregon mass shootings or other difficult events should engage with a team of mental health professionals.

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Global Temperature Report: September 2015

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Researchers at The University of Alabama designed and made a material that manipulates the speed of light in a new, more effective way than previous methods, according to findings recently published in Scientific Reports by the Nature Publishing Group.

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Should a bank merge? New research by a University of Alabama professor finds that only smaller banks benefit from mergers.

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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.

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Predators’ arrival could radically alter marine life.

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UAB is leading a team of researchers in a trial to combat blood pressure risk factors.

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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.

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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.

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Three-year grant will provide graduate scholars with stipends and other financial and educational support to pursue training in disparities research.

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is now part of potentially groundbreaking experiments to detect and discover gravitational waves, a detection that could alter our physical understanding of the universe.

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Clomiphene is more effective than letrozole for achieving pregnancy, NIH-funded study finds.