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Four tips to start and maintain a healthier lifestyle this new year
Stay committed to those health and wellness goals this new year with these tips from a UAB sports and exercise medicine physician.
Traveling this holiday season? Stay healthy with these tips
Stay safe while traveling this holiday season with these health-conscious tips.
Heartfelt homecoming: NICU families unite to thank UAB care team
Three families traveled from across Alabama to share their gratitude for UAB physicians and nurses who made an impact in their NICU journey.
NARSAD award will allow rare glimpse into the neural mechanisms of depression
Rachel Smith, Ph.D., is collaborating with researchers across UAB on the two-year project, which will focus on the intracranial neural networks responsible for major depressive symptoms in epilepsy patients.