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Two Alabama women with the same one-in-a-million pregnancy deliver healthy “twins” at UAB Hospital less than two months apart.
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At 15 months old, Brooke Miley Lillie received a heart transplant. At 19, she received a kidney. At 27, she defied the odds and delivered her first daughter at UAB Hospital.
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Kelsey Hatcher has a rare double uterus and was pregnant with a baby in each. With the help of UAB, she delivered two healthy “twin” girls 10 hours apart — and on separate days.
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The baby boy, born in late May 2023, is the first baby born from a uterus transplant outside of a clinical trial and UAB’s first baby from its uterus transplant program.
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Results from the Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy trial found treating preexisting mild chronic hypertension in pregnant women is safe from both the mom and baby. Results published in April 2022 have since led to changes in national guidelines.
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Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal mortality. Brian Brocato, D.O., UAB maternal-fetal medicine specialist, discusses the signs, symptoms and treatment of the pregnancy condition.
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Anindya Dutta, Ph.D., David Kimberlin, M.D., and Alan Tita, M.D., Ph.D., were elected to join the Association of American Physicians.
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Ashton Ayers was not expected to survive after an accident left her with a traumatic brain injury during her freshman year of high school. A decade later, Ayers defied the odds and graduated from the UAB School of Nursing.
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Three UAB studies look at obesity in-utero and how it affects offspring as part of four-center study
Three teams of researchers from UAB are analyzing the intergenerational transmission of obesity.
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Six months after giving birth to identical twins, Britney Alba found out she was pregnant with her second set of identical twins. These twins, however, were monochorionic-monoamniotic — one of the rarest types of twins.
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Findings show a single oral dose of azithromycin, a common antibiotic, reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death by 33 percent in women who delivered vaginally.
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Pelvic floor therapy provides a conservative and holistic approach to pelvic floor dysfunction, but many women do not know about the treatment. JJ Fagen, UAB Medicine’s pelvic floor therapist, discusses the benefits of pelvic floor therapy and pelvic floor exercises
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UAB will act as the coordinating center of the P3 EQUATE Network and leverage expertise across network sites and nationally, to help train the next generation of pregnancy health equity researchers.
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Cord blood from a newborn’s umbilical cord can be used to treat many types of blood cancers such as leukemia.
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She works in health care at UAB and has a premature daughter born with cerebral palsy. Crystal Odom steps up as the newest member of a state advisory group for children with disabilities.
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UAB women’s health experts found that prophylactic anticoagulation guidelines did not reduce risk of venous thromboembolisms but did increase the risk for bleeding complications in the general obstetric population.
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UAB-led national study shows using blood pressure medication to treat pregnant women with chronic hypertension improves pregnancy outcomes, including a decrease in severe preeclampsia and preterm birth.
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Eaton and Subramaniam are next in a long line of UAB faculty to receive this honor.
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UAB maternal-fetal medicine specialists partner with the DCH Health System to provide specialized care for high-risk pregnancy patients in West Alabama.
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Consortium led by UAB researchers in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and School of Public Health received additional funding to further study chronic hypertension and preeclampsia epigenetics participants enrolled in the CHAP trial.
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