Displaying items by tag: school of medicine
Sexual behavioral counseling can reduce sexually transmitted infection cases, new guidelines suggest
New recommendations for sexual behavior counseling suggest that shorter, more frequent sessions in a clinical setting can be valuable.
The STEP program will ease pediatric patients with chronic conditions into adult clinics at UAB as they outgrow pediatric settings.
The A.S.P.E.C.T program’s goal is to empower individuals to be engaged in their eye health in every way.
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Many individuals with hearing impairment, no matter the degree, use some degree of lip-reading while communicating.
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UAB and Polish researchers propose that the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA “sponge” to deplete miRNA levels in ways that aid viral replication and stymie the host immune response.
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This was the first study to evaluate the impact of exercise on objective sleep outcomes in persons with Parkinson’s disease.
UAB’s Jessica Grayson, M.D., digs deeper into the mysterious phenomenon of losing your sense of smell after becoming infected with COVID-19.
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A long time UAB rheumatologist has been named director of division in the UAB School of Medicine.
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The grant awarded to Kent Willis, M.D., will further his research in bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a chronic lung disease that is a common complication of premature birth.
Kenny Mayfield lost his sense of smell in early March. Months later, it still has not returned, a side effect of COVID-19 that he is working to regain.
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Funding from the FCC supports smart technology in use at the UAB COVID respiratory clinic.
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This new initiative will promote an accommodating and positive experience for all guests and fans with a sensory issue that visits our clinics and hospital.
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UAB’s Department of Family and Community Medicine will launch new programs aimed at reducing the projected shortfall of 600 primary care physicians in the state by 2030.
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB is partnering with the Alabama Department of Public Health for expanded cervical cancer screening and education in 13 counties.
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The pilot projects will yield payoffs down the road from the knowledge UAB researchers gain. Preliminary data from the pilots will form the basis for new grants and contracts, including pursuit of the $2 billion COVID-19 grant support being offered by the National Institutes of Health.
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Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurobiology has been selected as a fellow of the American Physiological Society.
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This strategy will allow for ramping up testing capacity tenfold for the next 20-plus days leading up to the start of school.
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The graduate ceremony, with approximately 1,262 graduating master’s and doctoral students, will air at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, while the undergraduate, with approximately 583 students, will air at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15.
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Thomas Buford to head the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine as the new director starting Aug. 1, 2020.
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Cooper Pierce was 13 years old when doctors diagnosed him with pulmonary hypertension. He had a heart and double-lung transplant at UAB Hospital. Now, he is a student at UAB and hopes his story can inspire others.
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