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  • UAB receives renewed funding for colorectal cancer screening project
    Nov 18, 2024
    The goal of this project is to reduce health disparities in colonoscopy screening and colorectal cancer outcomes for vulnerable populations in Jefferson County.
  • UAB celebrates milestone with 3,000 adult liver transplants
    Sep 26, 2024
    UAB’s Liver Transplant Program — the only one in Alabama — has performed over 3,000 liver transplants since its launch in 1983.
  • UAB Hospital continues to be the best hospital in Alabama, Birmingham metro, according to U.S. News & World Report
    Jul 16, 2024
    For 11 consecutive years, U.S. News has named UAB Hospital the best hospital in Alabama, with several specialties and procedures ranked among the best.
  • UAB to offer free colonoscopy screenings to under- and uninsured for second consecutive year
    May 21, 2024
    The goal of this project is to reduce health disparities in colonoscopy screening and colorectal cancer outcomes for vulnerable populations in Jefferson County.
  • UAB HHT Clinic named Center of Excellence
    Jul 11, 2023
    Cure HHT has named the HHT Clinic at UAB Hospital a Center of Excellence. Only hospitals equipped with the proper personnel, expertise, commitment and resources to provide comprehensive evaluation, treatment and education to individuals with HHT and their families receive this designation.
  • UAB surpasses 20,000 robotic surgeries milestone, looks to future of continued surgical care
    Apr 28, 2023
    In just the five years since UAB completed 10,000 robotic surgeries, surgeons across 15 disciplines have now collectively exceeded 20,000 robotic surgeries, setting a record for the hospital.
  • FDA mandate to limit acetaminophen in acetaminophen-opioid medications is associated with reduced serious liver injury
    Mar 07, 2023
    The federal mandate, which was announced in 2011 and implemented in 2014, limited acetaminophen to 325 milligrams per opioid-acetaminophen combination pill. Acetaminophen is toxic to livers at high doses.
  • Be mindful this Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with resources from UAB
    Mar 01, 2023
    UAB is committed to increasing awareness and education about colorectal cancer throughout the month of March.
  • UAB Medicine to offer colonoscopy for at-risk patients at Cooper Green
    Feb 28, 2023
    A grant from ADPH will provide colonoscopies for at-risk patients of Cooper Green during colorectal cancer awareness month in March.