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The first large-scale trial of continuous chest compression following cardiac arrest shows little difference between the old and new methods of doing CPR.
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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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Physicians embarked on a rare operation in an effort to save the lives of one Georgian, one Alabamian.
Across campus, UAB students, faculty and staff are engaged in partnerships that are offering opportunity and healing for veterans, and helping to prepare and protect those who serve in harm’s way.
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When her dad was too sick to leave UAB Hospital, she brought her wedding to him with the help of the team providing his care.
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Validated biomarkers are crucial to developing effective treatments for this degenerative disease.
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Engineers, physicians, computer scientists and statisticians will collaborate to research and apply big data in the health care, industrial and smart cities fields.
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A special presentation of the popular play at Virginia Samford Theatre will benefit ovarian cancer research at UAB.
Valve-in-valve treatments are becoming more necessary as patients get older and outlive their original replacement heart valves.
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UAB’s School of Health Professions is hosting an open house for those interested in the Master of Science in biomedical and health sciences program Nov. 7.
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UAB researchers will enroll patients for prospective studies on pathogenesis of a potentially fatal blood clot disorder with a $2.5 million NIH grant.
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Earnest Tate saw his overall health slipping before enduring a heart attack. Then he went to UAB Hospital.
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Alabama’s largest comprehensive heart valve program offers TAVR, numerous valve replacement and repairs, perileak closure, and other structural heart procedures.
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With a cancer treatment that could damage her reproductive system looming, Jessica Sparks decided to harvest and freeze her eggs to keep her dream of building a family alive.
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The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center ranked as one of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with great oncology programs in America.
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Wrong shipment of mice led to estrogen breakthrough in trauma survival.
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UAB's strengths in clinical care and research are powering an interdisciplinary expedition into largely uncharted territory: neuroinflammatory mechanisms in Parkinson's disease.
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African-Americans are at increased risk for glaucoma, and a new UAB study looks to find ways to improve medication adherence in that patient group
The winners of the Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition, announced at the Hoops on the Haasephalt event, will each receive a $2,500 scholarship and serve as ambassadors of UAB in the coming year.
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David Joseph, M.D., lauded by UAB, Children’s of Alabama at the American Academy of Pediatrics for Excellence.
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