UAB offers new treatment for severe asthma
UAB is the first in the state to offer new procedure that uses thermal energy to help keep airways flowing freely.
Basic training to reduce infant deaths can be cheap, effective
For about $200 per child, the seven-day mortality rate for newborns in Zambia dropped by 40 percent.
Blacks more willing to exhaust finances for cancer care
Blacks, Hispanics and Asians are more likely than whites to spend their life savings to extend life; preferences could inform cancer care.
Walter earns $300,000 grant for lupus research
Physics professors earn NSF award to continue program
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.
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.
Wibbels, Marion assess oil spill’s impact on Terrapin turtle
Matalon follows in the steps of his mentors
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.
