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Project ECHO Depression, a partnership between the UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry and the Depression and Suicide Prevention Center, is hosting a two-part virtual presentation on suicide prevention to kick off its Spring 2022[…]
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Collaborative care, reforming payment models, incentivizing primary care and utilizing the digital tools can positively change the landscape of American health care.
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What began as a small, progressive program has quickly grown into a multi-campus initiative aiming to grow the number of primary care providers for the state of Alabama and address critical shortages. Since its launch in 2020, the Comprehensive Urban[…]
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Beverly VonDer Pool, M.D. Beverly VonDer Pool, M.D., has enjoyed a career has spanned both coasts and four decades, but her primary goal – improving health for women and families through the practice of compassionate, evidence-based family medicine – has[…]
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Wednesday was Match Day across the country for aspiring sports and exercise medicine physicians and two new fellows, Anthony D’Onofrio, D.O., and Jesse Gettinger, M.D., officially joined the UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine Fellowship. Sponsored by the Department of Family[…]
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When Jeremy Pritchett first visited the family medicine clinic at UAB Medicine’s Hoover location, he was thinking mostly about his kidneys. He had just had a kidney stone and Sumayah Abed, M.D., a practitioner at the Hoover clinic and assistant[…]
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Kaylee Crockett, Ph.D., shares three steps on how you can keep your mental health a priority this holiday season.
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A new study focuses on hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia — a high level of lipids that can lead to heart attack, stroke or other heart issues — and social determinants associated with HIV.
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On Tuesday, Irfan Asif, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine and associate dean for primary care and rural health in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, joined other health care leaders to discuss strategies[…]
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The holiday season can be full of tradition, time with loved ones, and space to rest and look forward to a new year. The season may also bring up feelings of loss, stress, and exhaustion. For many, those feelings[…]
