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Parents beware: Children’s eye injuries, often from organized sports or swimming, go up in summer.
Only 61 percent of adults with high cholesterol were aware of their diagnosis, according to the study.
UAB faculty and alumni will discuss topics in occupational health at this two-day event.
Genetic marker promises to avert severe side effects for African Americans taking blood thinner.
The UAB Diabetes Research Center is part of nationwide study on benefits and risks of four widely used diabetes drugs in combination with metformin.
With this program, 3M’s PSD awards each winner a $5,000 scholarship and attendance to the 2013 American Industrial Hygiene conference & exposition (AIHce) in Montreal, Quebec.
The new program will have three concentrations: environmental health sciences, global health studies and public health preparedness.
Distraction by a dog while driving may be worse for older drivers, according to research from UAB.
The Diabetes Research Center (DRC) focuses on developing new methods to treat, prevent and ultimately cure diabetes and its complications.
Children and teens living in the Stroke Belt states are at about twice as much risk of stroke later on in life according to new findings from the REGARDS study.
The fifth annual multidisciplinary competition featured 24 teams of undergraduate, graduate and professional school students from multiple academic disciplines.
New study in European Heart Journal contradicts a recent study in the same publication, suggests evidence is lacking that digoxin increases mortality as atrial fibrillation treatment.
Previous data has shown that areas of the south — specifically Mississippi and Alabama – are the fattest in the U.S. But new data from the REGARDS study proves this wrong.
Henry Markram, Ph.D., founded and coordinates the Blue Brain Project.
Margaret Humphreys, M.D., Ph.D., is a specialist in the history of science and medicine.