Displaying items by tag: school of medicine
From rapid diagnostic tools to next-generation therapies, UAB researchers are leading a multidisciplinary effort against traumatic brain injuries.
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Neuron-derived microRNAs obtained from blood samples may correlate with treatment response and could aid the search for new therapeutics.
A new surgical robot helps UAB physicians add a new technique for preparing for epilepsy surgery.
The Central Alabama Caribbean American Organization shares Caribbean culture and is a resource for area students from the Caribbean.
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With significant implications to its student enrollment and economic impact in the region, UAB’s partnership with INTO University Partnerships will increase access for international students to one of the nation’s most diverse college campuses.
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UAB researchers say how long your eyes take to adjust to the dark may be a risk factor for age-related macular degeneration.
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UAB’s J. Crawford Downs, Ph.D., has received another grant to bring the relationship between age, intraocular pressure and glaucoma development into focus.
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UAB is using an online survey to learn more about the relationship between diet and gout.
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James Landis’ personal cardiologist says his 88-year-old patient’s heart went from roaring like a freight train to humming like a fine-tuned engine after procedure.
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Research underway in UAB’s Mood Disorders Program is investigating promising new therapies, including novel drugs and low field magnetic stimulation.
Baby Friendly USA has recognized UAB Hospital’s efforts to educate and support breastfeeding mothers.
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UAB surgeons patched mitral and tricuspid valve leaks, which eliminated Terry Maddox’s fluid retention and got her congestive heart failure to drop from a Class 4 to Class 1.
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A diabetes drug combined with exercise may help older adults regrow muscle, and UAB’s Center for Exercise Medicine is investigating.
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UAB students selected for Marshall Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship in back-to-back years.
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Donald Rabren came in to have open-heart surgery until a surgeon discovered great risk in continuing and elected to close him up and do a different procedure three days later.
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Marshall Scholarships chooses UAB finalists in back-to-back years.
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The Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance has become the first organization in Alabama to offer performance improvement continuing medical education for exclusively practice-based physicians through its developmental screening project, Help Me Grow/Project LAUNCH.
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“A major issue facing biomedical research,” says Fran Lund, chair of UAB microbiology.
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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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94-year-old Wade Gladden came to UAB with only 20 percent heart function, but physicians put a months long plan in place to restore function — and the Gadsden resident hit every mark along the way.
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