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  • UAB to now offer aquablation therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia
    The UAB Department of Urology is expanding its subspecialized patient care with a new minimally invasive surgical procedure.
  • Tech neck: How does the use of technology impact your neck?
    While tech neck is not an official medical term, it is becoming more common as many Americans spend an average of four and a half hours a day looking at their phones.
  • Spring allergy relief: When to visit an ENT allergist
    Boyd provides insight into how ENT allergists diagnose and help manage seasonal allergies.
  • UAB Voice Center helps Parkinson’s patient reclaim confidence thanks to SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program
    Thanks to a grant awarded to researchers in the UAB Voice Center to support speech therapy specifically for Parkinson’s disease patients, Hamilton feels he has enhanced his speech and improved his life.
  • UAB leads groundbreaking research and wellness programing to enhance para-athlete health
    UAB hopes to have a big impact on the health of adaptive sports athletes and expand successful injury prevention programs.
  • May-cember madness: A survival guide for parents
    End-of-year testing, parties and spirit days can have parents feeling overwhelmed and stressed. One UAB expert recommends four ways to survive the infamous May-cember.
  • Rooted in service: Former Mr. UAB’s transformative journey of growth and leadership
    After being homeschooled until high school, John Goodman is graduating from UAB with a degree in industrial distribution, lifelong friends, and track record of academic excellence, service and leadership.
  • How to stay safe while playing and viewing golf this season
    UAB Sports Medicine experts are providing their top recommended tips to minimize golf injuries.
  • UAB helps develop novel tool to improve health care worker well-being
    UAB’s Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine collaborates on a groundbreaking study published in Anesthesiology, introducing WISH, a novel tool to assess factors influencing health care workers’ well-being.
  • Female athletes are at higher risk for ACL injuries. Here is how to reduce the risk.
    Female athletes are two to eight times more likely to sustain an ACL injury compared to their male counterparts.
  • How chronic stress rewires the brain
    Chronic stress can increase inflammation in the brain, which can impact sleep, cognition and memory and potentially increase one’s risk for neurodegenerative diseases.
  • Tips to lower risk of kidney stones
    Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the UAB Department of Urology, shares three key strategies for preventing kidney stones and protecting kidney health.