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February 06, 2014
Canvas Success site launches
Here's all the support you need to be successful in Canvas, from PDF and video tutorials arranged by topic or FAQs to 24/365 live support via chat, phone, email, etc. Check it out now.
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Tools & Technology
February 05, 2014
Group provides a safe space to talk about faith, health
UAB Pastoral Care hosts several groups each month for cancer patients and family members who want to share with those on a similar journey. They meet the first and third Tuesdays and the first Wednesday of the month/ Direct questions to Chaplain Kelsey Blankenship at kmblankenship@uabmc.edu or 801-7050.
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Patient Care
February 05, 2014
Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center yields big return for UAB
In the six years since its creation, the center has parlayed an initial investment of $140,000 from the UAB School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Southern Research Institute into nearly $10 million in extramural research funding, which has helped recruit new faculty and produce new knowledge in treating lung injury.
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Research & Scholarship
February 05, 2014
New ‘living document’ provides real-time guidance for treating Hep C
Professor Michael Saag, M.D., and colleagues created HCVguidelines.org, to ensure recommendations can be updated as soon as new data emerge and new therapies are approved. Hepatitis C virus is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer.
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Patient Care
February 03, 2014
UAB IT: Being a target doesn't have to make you a victim
An entire cyber-crime economy has emerged, which is constantly improving its tactics and becoming more effective and efficient. The first step in protecting yourself is to understand you are a target. Read more in IT's February newsletter.
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Tools & Technology
February 03, 2014
UAB researchers collaborate to establish new imaging method
Experimental tools for determining how, when and why particular tissue or organ molecules act in the body were not sophisticated enough to determine exactly where they are produced or where they accumulate to function. Until now. The UAB-created matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry, or MALDI-IMS, has implications in critical research initiatives for many diseases, including cancer, chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases and age-related degenerative diseases.
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Research & Scholarship
January 27, 2014
UAB app available on iTunes, Google Play
There now is an app with everything you need to know about UAB, from finding classes or a colleague to tracking your path to graduation. You can find a campus map, directory, Blackboard, news, sports and more all in the palm of your hand.
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Tools & Technology
January 27, 2014
Inappropriate antibiotic use continues in nation's ERs
The inappropriate use of antibiotics in emergency departments persists even as concerns about antibiotic resistance continue to mount, says a UAB study published online in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
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Patient Care
January 27, 2014
UAB launches Weight Loss Medicine to fight obesity
UAB has launched UAB Weight Loss Medicine, the only program in the Southeast to offer a multidisciplinary, medical approach to weight management, to address a consistent rise in the regional rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension.
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Patient Care
January 27, 2014
Big Idea Talk: "Does neuroscience undermine free will?"
The UAB Philosophy Department will lead public discussions on life's big questions. Assistant Professor Josh May will lead the discussion to be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Spencers Honors House. For each discussion, a member of the department will start things off with a 15-minute presentation of the topic to be followed by an open discussion. Direct questions to Kevin McCain, Ph.D.
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