Health news from UAB
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Walter earns $300,000 grant for lupus research
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Future of personalized cancer care is promising and near
By mapping a patient’s genome, and their tumor’s, with whole-genome sequencing, physicians can use more targeted therapies.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Lockhart named section chief in radiology
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tessler named vice chair in radiology
Friday, April 15, 2011
Three biomarkers better predict kidney disease, complications
Adding cystatin C to a diagnostic panel revealed one person in six who had chronic kidney disease that was undetected using the conventional test.
Friday, April 15, 2011
New center studies the right dose of exercise to fight disease
The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine studies what type of exercise, and how much, is best for people with hypertension, cancer and more.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
UAB cancer research supported by local company
Monday, April 11, 2011
Division renamed Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Friday, April 08, 2011
UAB launches drug trial aimed at triple-negative breast cancers
Tigatuzumab, developed at UAB with Daiichi-Sankyo, targets aggressive, hard-to-treat tumors that make up 25 percent of all breast cancers
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Deep-space travel could create heart woes for astronauts
Cosmic radiation could be problematic for future astronauts’ arteries, but research could soon inform care for Earth-bound cancer patients.
