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  • Rock your stockings: Preventing varicose veins in pregnancy
    UAB’s Allison Davis, M.D., provides tips to help prevent varicose veins during pregnancy.
  • Uncovering how pneumonia-related bacteria may lead to deadly heart conditions
    A new study reveals how a bacterial gene and FIVAR-equipped proteins allow pneumonia bacteria to invade heart cells, causing severe cardiac damage.
  • UAB researcher receives prestigious award to better understand transition from acute to chronic pain after surgery
    The award, totaling over $2 million through 2030, will support Overstreet’s investigation aimed at uncovering the factors that determine patients’ experiences of acute and chronic pain during their healing journeys after surgery.
  • Medical advances shorten radiation, number of treatments for breast cancer patients
    Technology and treatment planning have made shorter-course radiation a safe, effective and patient-centered option for breast cancer care.
  • UAB researchers are developing safer psychedelic-inspired therapeutics to treat depression and addiction
    Neurobiologists at UAB are studying a lab-made compound called tabernanthalog, or TBG, which could give new hope for safer, more effective addiction treatments.
  • Know your limits this holiday season: Celebrate responsibly
    A UAB expert provides recommendations on how to drink responsibly during the holidays.
  • UAB secures NIH funding to power precision medicine models
    These models are crucial to understanding disease mechanisms and identifying new treatment opportunities.
  • Stenting with medication cuts stroke risk in half for high-risk patients, UAB research shows
    New research co-led by the UAB School of Public Health could reshape treatment guidelines for asymptomatic carotid stenosis, a condition caused by a buildup of plaque in arteries that carry blood to the brain.
  • ADHD in the workplace: Strategies for success
    One UAB expert shares insights about how ADHD can impact work life and offers practical strategies for both employees and organizations to foster success.
  • Alabama Genomic Health Initiative reaches 10,000-participant mark, a genomic medicine milestone for Alabama
    Representing all 67 counties, participants have benefited from AGHI’s commitment to accessible, expert-guided genomic services.
  • New NIH R01 awards hold potential for groundbreaking research
    One UAB researcher has received two grants from the NIH to study devices for diabetes and cardiopulmonary function of infants.
  • Preventable injuries cause nearly 223,000 deaths a year. Here is how to avoid them
    Experts at UAB are providing insight into some of the top preventable injuries they see on a regular basis and some practical advice for how to avoid them.