UAB hosts Blood Equality Medical Advisory Board to discuss changes in current blood donation policy regarding gay men
Written by Alicia Rohan
Leaders in HIV research and treatment gather at UAB to address laws that prohibit gay men from donating blood.
An article written by Division of Preventive Medicine Professor Stefan Kertesz, M.D., calls for better understanding, policy and treatment for opioid addiction.
The Division of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Department of Surgery became the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery on October 1, 2017.
Portnoy to speak at the 2017 Susan Roberts Dubay Endowed Lecture
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Daniel A. Portnoy, Ph.D., one of the world’s foremost experts on Listeria monocytogenes, will speak at the 2017 Susan Roberts Dubay Endowed Lecture on Nov. 7.
Women’s quality of life affected more than that of men with myasthenia gravis
Written by Bob Shepard
A UAB researcher’s work on gender and quality of life in myasthenia gravis has been named the top abstract at a major neuromuscular disease professional meeting.
Translational researchers at UAB received a $6.5 million grant to further investigate gout and associated diseases
Written by Alicia Rohan
Four multidisciplinary studies will focus on genetics and associated mechanisms of hyperuricemia gout, an inflammatory arthritis.
Low dietary potassium leads to calcified arteries and aortic stiffness, while increased dietary potassium alleviates those undesirable effects in a mouse model, suggesting dietary potassium may protect against heart disease and death from heart disease in humans.
Care could improve for dialysis patients with development of bionanomatrix gel with $2 million grant
Written by Katherine Stephen
A UAB spinoff has received a stage two grant to test a potential solution for malfunctioning vascular access.