Contrary to advertisements, bumper pads and stuffed animals are not part of a safe sleep environment for infants.
UAB will study a drug originally developed for Parkinson’s disease that may help reduce breath holding in patients with Rett syndrome.
This rapidly fatal brain cancer has seen only two improvements in therapy in 30 years, and research findings are pointing toward a unique new human clinical trial in 2017.
The winners of the first SPARC competition, an initiative between UAB Medicine and Medscape, will share $40,000 in grants for quality improvement projects.
UAB performs Deep South’s first HIV-positive kidney transplant from HIV-positive deceased donor
Written by Tyler Greer
Mississippi man transplanted at UAB is only the eighth HIV-positive to HIV-positive transplant recipient in the United States since implementation of the HOPE Act.
UAB named NIH clinical center for groundbreaking exercise trial to map molecular underpinnings of health benefits
Written by Christina Crowe
UAB’s Center for Exercise Medicine will join a key NIH consortium looking for the molecular changes that occur during and after exercise to advance the understanding of how physical activity improves and preserves health.
Neurobiology professor Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D., becomes the second UAB faculty with membership in the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.
Funding from a National Eye Institute award to the UAB School of Optometry will advance eye care research.