UAB opens state-of-the-art facility for use in clinical trials of exercise medicine
Written by Bob Shepard
Exercise medicine gets a boost with the opening of the 7,000-square-foot UAB Exercise Clinical Trial Facility.
UAB will bring proton therapy, one of the most technically advanced forms of cancer-killing radiation, to Alabama with the new Proton Therapy Center.
A 90-ton machine called a cyclotron will accelerate protons to very high speeds to impact human tumors.
Specialized cancer centers play a role in survival of adolescents and young adults with acute leukemia
Written by Alicia Rohan
A UAB study shows specialized treatment sites contribute to better survival rates for those with acute leukemia.
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 23 percent of women will die within one year after having a heart attack , and nearly 46 percent of women become disabled with heart failure.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation receives funding for two longstanding centers
Written by Adam Pope
The UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is one of the Southeast’s foremost providers of comprehensive rehabilitation care.
The function and structure of protein GARP2 in rod cells of the retina is still not clear, but researchers have shown that GARP2 accelerates retinal degeneration in mice, and have made an important step toward creating a standardized nomenclature between mice and humans for a measurement of retinal degeneration.
Nominate your SOM colleagues for the 2017 Dean's Excellence Awards
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Nominations are now open for the 2017 Dean’s Excellence Awards, an annual honor established to recognize the outstanding contributions made by faculty across the School of Medicine.