Displaying items by tag: department of medicine
UAB-led research shows how methylating an RNA binding protein leads to alternative RNA splicing. Mutant enzymes are often found in blood cancers.
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North Carolina resident Jerry Phillips has known since 2001 that he would one day need a kidney transplant. Fourteen years later, his need was fulfilled by a stranger and his transplant surgery performed by a friend.
The Central Alabama Caribbean American Organization shares Caribbean culture and is a resource for area students from the Caribbean.
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Telemedicine helps UAB take pulmonary rehabilitation into the home via smartphone technology, in an effort to reduce hospital readmissions from COPD. 
UAB is using an online survey to learn more about the relationship between diet and gout.
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UAB leads a team that crafts new American College of Rheumatology guidelines for 2015 on treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Treating patients 50 and older with high blood pressure to a systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg reduced rates of cardiovascular events, including heart attack, heart failure and stroke, by 25 percent.
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A drug derived from female hormones that may help soldiers survive major blood loss on a battlefield will undergo first human testing at UAB.
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The new internal medicine and pediatric clinic will feature an outpatient diagnostic center with a cutting-edge imaging facility and full ambulatory lab services, all on-site.
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Summary: Several activities are planned in and around UAB for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Lower blood pressure target of 120 mm Hg greatly reduces cardiovascular complications and deaths in older adults.
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An Arizona drug company will patent the small peptide drug.
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UAB offers two national clinical trials with customized treatment for lung cancer patients.
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Macrophage cells require agility to scavenge and digest dead cells and prevent an immune response to self. In lupus, the macrophages lose that agility.
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The protective effect is achieved by reducing acute inflammation in the spleen and the left ventricle of the heart.
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UAB discovery gives better understanding of and potential therapies for septic shock and reperfusion injuries.
UAB physician chosen to lead state chapter of the American College of Physicians.
Harvey Makadon, M.D., director of the National LGBT Health Education Center at the Fenway Institute, will be at UAB on March 11.
5K Color Run hosted by Oak Mountain High School students to raise money for cancer research at UAB.
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Donation from Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company and Protective Life Corporation will aid new disease-changing therapies in the ADDA pipeline.
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