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A UAB biostatistics professor is the newly appointed director of Lister Hill Center.
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Upcoming sales tax holiday weekend is a great opportunity to stock up on severe weather essentials.
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People of Mexican descent with variants of a certain gene are more at risk for Type 2 diabetes, but the risk of developing the disease does not increase for people of other Hispanic and Latino background groups.
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A report by the American Heart Association found that 48 percent of U.S. adults live with some type of cardiovascular disease.
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The scholars come from a range of backgrounds with various educational interests, including medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacology, social work and education.
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SPRINT trial: Intensive lowering of blood pressure did not significantly reduce dementia risk but did have a measurable impact on mild cognitive impairment.
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Ziad Kazzi, M.D., an emergency medicine physician and toxicologist, will present his lecture, Chemical Warfare Agents: Then and Now; Far and Near, on Jan. 31.
11 players take part in graduation service on eve of UAB’s matchup with Northern Illinois in the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl.
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Student entrepreneurs pitch their business ventures to the Birmingham business community following a 10-week training program.
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The first study to evaluate whether differences between men and women in the risk of stroke varies by race and age found that some risk factors were more important for white women than white men, but the risk factors for black women and black men had similar associations with stroke risk.
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Ingram was sick and no one knew the cause, until the right doctors on the right night saved his life.
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Approximately 1,627 students are scheduled to graduate from UAB this fall.
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More than 103,000 donors have contributed to the university’s largest-ever fundraising initiative to bolster the campaign’s priorities — programmatic support, facilities, faculty, research and innovation, athletics, and student support.
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Other peer metropolitan institutions have larger bases of support than UAB, and the goal is to pass these schools in total athletic donors.
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Jared Sluss hopes to use prize money to establish a nonprofit organization that helps those who are homeless find a home.
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Greg Pavela, Ph.D., will lead the UAB team to study why some people are more susceptible to the health consequences of obesity than others.
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Some 130 public research universities and systems pledge to work collaboratively to increase college access and eliminate the achievement gap.
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The annual wreath-laying ceremony, hospital celebration and potentially historic UAB football game are all part of Veteran’s Day weekend.
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All academic areas saw increases in grant award monies from November 2017 through October 2018 as the university continues to grow its mission.
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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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