Research shows that missense mutations in a cluster of just five codons in the NF1 gene are an important risk factor for severe symptoms of the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1. Such information is vital to help guide clinical management and genetic counseling in this complex disease.
Tyler Williamson went to TEDx Birmingham’s 2017 event in March expecting to be inspired and to network and make new connections with fellow attendees. What the 27-year-old did not anticipate was that inspiration would lead him to volunteer to become a living kidney donor just seven months later.
Clinicians should recommend exercise and cognitive training for patients with mild cognitive impairment — a common precursor of Alzheimer’s type dementia — according to new guidelines published online in Neurology®.
Nearly one in three breast cancer survivors suffers from poor sleep, which can lead to greater mortality.
A UAB psychologist offers ways to help ease the loss of a loved one as the holiday season unfolds.
Physicists want to create novel compounds that surpass diamonds in heat resistance and nearly rival them in hardness. In a paper in the journal Materials, they investigate how the addition of boron, while making a diamond film via plasma vapor deposition, changes properties of the diamond material.
The hope given from a deceased donor, and a sibling, give two kidney transplant recipients a chance to live
It is easy to remember steps to prevent the body from getting cold, but what can be done to protect the eyes when cold weather hits?
Using zebrafish mutants in four different estrogen receptors, Daniel Gorelick has found a novel mechanism of estrogen action on heart physiology. Broader use of the mutants, he says, may have significant implications for studies of estrogenic environmental endocrine disruptors.
Turning down the lights and reducing noise levels as part of a stimulation reduction initiative can decrease assaults and the amount of time patients must spend in restraint at psychiatric intensive care units, according to new research from UAB.
UAB School of Nursing faculty contributed to a field guide for health care, social service and law enforcement professionals.
A new study suggests complex solutions to gun-related deaths and goals to decrease rates based on the type of death.
Fall allergies have symptoms similar to the flu, but treatment varies drastically.
Researchers suggest combining a calorie-restricted diet with high-intensity interval training could be a solution for reducing weight regain after weight loss.
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