Displaying items by tag: department of medicine
This adverse NSAID effect is caused by dysfunctional molecular and cellular mechanisms.
Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly 801,000 American deaths.
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Creating a fistula in the arm is vital before starting hemodialysis, yet half of fistulas fail to mature so that they are usable for dialysis.
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PROSPER-HIV, the first longitudinal study of its kind, aims to discover how to effectively mitigate the high-burden symptoms of HIV.
UAB invites you to Darwin Day: A Celebration of Science, which highlights how AIDS and malaria became prevalent in Africa and created a worldwide epidemic.
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UAB Medicine is offering head and neck cancer patients and their families a way to cope with the pain that comes with the disease.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the fourth-leading cause of death in the world.
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The hygiene hypothesis says increased sanitation in industrialized countries has led to increases in asthma.
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Investigators from UAB have summarized the impact of the reimbursement gap between Medicaid and private insurance on management and in-hospital outcomes among patients admitted for STEMI.
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While friends or family members may feel helpless if someone they know suffers from addiction, one UAB physician says hope can start at home.
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Up to now, it has not been clear if these cells might be useful to combat influenza infections or even if they exist at all.
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Former MLB player Frank Baker says his experience at UAB’s Pancreatobiliary Disease Center was a home run.
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- department of surgery
- division of surgical oncology
- division of gastroenterology and hepatology
- division of gastrointestinal sugery
- division of transplantation
- department of medicine
- division of molecular imaging and therapeutics
- department of radiology
- division of hematology and oncology
- department of radiation oncology
- department of pathology
- division of anatomic pathology
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- oneal comprehensive cancer center
Change, or overcoming inertia in health care, is difficult but essential to deprescribing harmful medications and making effective medications available to individuals who need them.
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Curated by art history students, the exhibition focuses on three epidemics, along with a lecture by Michael Saag, M.D.
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Findings show that mitochondrial DNA may strongly influence cellular metabolism and susceptibility to metabolic diseases like heart failure or obesity.
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New wearable health monitoring devices can help you stay informed, but should they be relied on heavily?
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Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Parks Rx works to connect patients to more than 130 parks in Birmingham and surrounding communities where they can be more active.
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A new study from UAB describes the impact of a peer coach intervention on hospitalizations and emergency room visits for individuals with diabetes and depression.
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A new drug offers therapeutic benefit for more than 90 percent of all people with cystic fibrosis.
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Yabing Chen, Ph.D., and Ganesh Halade, Ph.D., have won 2018 “best paper” awards.