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Going online can be fun and educational for kids, but there also are potentially dangerous pitfalls that abound with summertime freedom.
A drug long used for adults with sickle cell disease could change how the disease is managed in very young children.
UAB geriatrician Andrew Duxbury has written a play for a senior adult theatre troupe with some important messages for older Americans.
UAB is the first in the state to offer new procedure that uses thermal energy to help keep airways flowing freely.
For about $200 per child, the seven-day mortality rate for newborns in Zambia dropped by 40 percent.
By mapping a patient’s genome, and their tumor’s, with whole-genome sequencing, physicians can use more targeted therapies.
Adding cystatin C to a diagnostic panel revealed one person in six who had chronic kidney disease that was undetected using the conventional test.