Displaying items by tag: Department of Medicine
Springing forward with daylight saving time may increase your risk of having a heart attack if you have a history of heart disease.
UAB launches new clinic for primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare, inherited respiratory disease.
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UAB cardiovascular disease researchers are improving our understanding of the disease and finding new ways to provide medical care to patients.
This protective effect on cardiotoxicity could benefit cancer chemotherapy recipients and heart failure patients.
UAB researchers probe basic molecular mechanisms that lead to the lung scarring of pulmonary fibrosis, a lethal disorder.
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Fourteen-year-old Angelynn Luckado’s cystic fibrosis ravaged her organs, leading to an extensive hospital stay, an extremely rare and complicated transplant, and now a hope for a healthier life thanks to an organ donor.
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Measure of Mpl gene expression reveals a heterogonous population of leukemia stem cells: one group leukemic and the other group non-leukemic.
Lead author of paper published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice journal says, while causal relationship cannot be inferred, findings are “absolutely encouraging.”
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UAB is recruiting postpartum women who are still lactating, for a study on the effects of the antiretroviral drug used to prevent HIV transmission.
Study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology shows fecal incontinence risk from anal intercourse is heightened for both women and men, with men almost three times as likely to experience incontinence.
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