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The session called Inside the Hot Zone, which Pigott proposed a year ago, filled the room to capacity. He covered a number of cases that included anthrax, a missed Marburg diagnosis, and Yersinia pestis. Oh, and Ebola.
On Wednesday, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), which is leading the study, announced receipt of a $28 million National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke grant to conduct the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke - or REGARDS - study.
Sodium retention, which is regulated by the kidneys, is a natural way the body responds to stress. It's part of the fight-or-flight survival mechanism that gets the heart pounding and the body moving quickly when needed.
Breast cancer survivor Tammy Than underwent a double mastectomy last spring. Two months later she ran a marathon in Alaska. "I sent pictures to people and I said, 'First marathon without the girls,'" said Than, a professor at University of Alabama Birmingham's School of Optometry.
Dr. Catherine Hough-Telford, a fellow in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases weighs in: "The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends seasonal influenza immunization for all children 6 months of age and older. There are two types of influenza vaccine: the intranasal flu vaccine and the injectable flu vaccine."
David Schwebel, a psychologist at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and director of the UAB Safety Lab, offers tips to keep kids safe at Halloween. He says that older kids can learn to cut jack-o'-lanterns and light candles with adult supervision.
“She has been vocal, and rightly so,” David C. Pigott of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine said. “She’s been put in a situation where she’s treated like a second-class individual after putting her life on the line to make a difference.”
The LIFE study was originally presented at the 2014 AUGS/IUGA Scientific Meeting by Holly E. Richter, Ph.D, M.D., Director of the Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At the 1-month primary endpoint, 79% of women in the intent-to-treat cohort and 86% of the per protocol cohort experienced treatment success, and zero device-related serious adverse events were reported.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is now using a new treatment combining two technologies to battle prostate cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound come together to offer a "targeted biopsy" in this promising new treatment.
UAB will soon offer on-campus food from one of the most heralded chains in the state, after announcing that Full Moon Bar-B-Que will open a location in the new student center.
The MITRE Corporation has chosen the universities that will advise the first federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) that is exclusively dedicated to cybersecurity.
Birmingham is preparing for a visit this weekend from the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan leader will speak about religion and human rights. But the Buddhist figure will also indulge his personal interest of neuroscience. The Dalai Lama will participate in a talk with scientists Saturday at UAB.
An appearance by the Dalai Lama at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) today for a scientific symposium drew hundreds of people -- including his supporters and some protesters -- to campus near the Alys Stephens Center.
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dala Lama, appeared in Alabama for the first time Saturday, meeting with three renowned neuroscientists at UAB's Alys Stephens Center to discuss "Neuroplasticity and Healing."
With Ebola still a pressing concern in emergency rooms across the country, a Chicago medical conference this week aims to educate physicians about treating patients and protecting themselves.
His Holiness sat down with UAB scientists and other leading experts to talk about groundbreaking research into the healing power of the brain.
Before 1980, it was widely accepted as fact in neuroscience that the central nervous system is hardwired and fixed. The very strong belief was that after an injury in adults, such as stroke or traumatic brain injury, the brain cannot repair itself.
First seen in California, then in Colorado, cases of acute flaccid myelitis marked by strikingly consistent MRI evidence of gray matter damage in the spinal cord are now believed to be affecting children in multiple states across the United States, according to neurologists tracking the outbreak.
According to Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the department of genetics, and director of the Heflin Center for Genomic Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the glut of genetic information that will be used to inform treatment decisions will require additional education of clinicians, especially since a sizable cohort received their genetics training before the genomic age.
"If someone has hepatitis C and does not know it, it could be doing damage to their liver," says Michael Saag, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Center for AIDS Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also co-chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America's HCV Guidance panel.
However, the results show a significant increase in maternal mortality for women who live greater distances from the hospital, according to the study Dr Michael Froelich of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and colleagues. The findings point to differences in health care access as a possible explanation for racial differences in pregnancy-related death in the United States.