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UAB’s Center for Exercise Medicine has two exercise studies underway, one for patients needing joint replacement and one to boost muscle in seniors.
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UAB surgeons performed a record 385 transplants in 2016, and more than 33,600 transplants were performed nationwide.
ERAS, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, is making a big difference for UAB surgical patients.
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A meeting for advice on a business matter turned into “a moment of divine intervention,” leading one Birmingham man to become a living donor.
UAB is the only hospital in Alabama to perform 500 TAVR cases.
Divyank Saini is one of 17 employees who interpret lab samples to determine whether living- and deceased-donor transplants are possible. Now he is a donor in the world’s longest kidney transplant chain.
Mississippi man transplanted at UAB is only the eighth HIV-positive to HIV-positive transplant recipient in the United States since implementation of the HOPE Act.
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Helen Krontiras M.D., professor of Surgery and director of the UAB Breast Health Center, has been named director of the Division of Surgical Oncology.
A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is the 15th leading cause of death in the country, and the 10th leading cause of death in men older than 55.
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A UAB study says the rate of yoga-related injuries is going up, especially in older participants.