Displaying items by tag: school of public health
UAB is leading a team of researchers in a trial to combat blood pressure risk factors.
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An interdisciplinary effort among the College of Arts and Sciences and several schools across campus results in a $2.5 million grant.
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A series of fascinating studies at Harvard University showed that many people respond positively to placebo pills — even when they are told that the pills don't have any active ingredients. Now researchers at UAB have partnered with a Harvard scientist to test these "open-label" placebos for the first time in cancer survivors.
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This improvement in cognition persists despite a high-glycemic-index diet, a possible risk factor for Alzheimer’s.
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Four projects were awarded through the first School of Medicine AMC21 Reload Multi-Investigator Grants, a broad funding opportunity provided through the Academic Enrichment Fund that enables faculty members to organize and integrate multi-disciplinary teams of accomplished investigators to compete successfully for long-term extramural support.
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- department of medicine
- department of pediatrics
- department of pathology
- department of obstetrics and gynecology
- division of infectious diseases
- division of pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine
- division of clinical immunology and rheumatology
- division of cardiovascular disease
- department of radiology
- department of anesthesiology
- school of nursing
- school of public health
- division of preventive medicine
- minority health and health disparities research center
- center for aids research
- division of maternalfetal medicine
- research
A one-year, 20 percent increase in research grants elevates UAB to No. 10 among public universities receiving National Institutes of Health funding.
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Sixteen clinical centers and 30 hospitals will enroll up to 5,700 pregnant women to evaluate the benefits and harms of pharmacologic treatment of mild chronic hypertension in pregnancy.
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New research shows while there’s an association between breakfast habits and obesity, some practices by scientists have led the evidence for a causal claim to be exaggerated.
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Studies in recent years had suggested that cilia regulate vital processes including growth, appetite, mood, healing and vision.
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The finding may help to avert more of the bleeds and blood clots that come when a patient’s starting dose misses the drug’s narrow safety window.
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