Displaying items by tag: health and medicine
A UAB physician-turned-patient reflects on her journey to healing and recovery from breast cancer for National Cancer Survivors Day.
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Her leg broke at mile 16 of a marathon. Thanks to UAB Orthopaedics, she was racing again in seven months.
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Ascension St. Vincent’s Chilton is now home to a tele-critical care and tele-stroke unit.
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UAB experts provide ways seniors can take and maintain control of their health in several areas of wellness.
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Radiofrequency ablation precisely delivers heat energy that can destroy lesions within the brain that are the cause of seizures.
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In honor of National Mental Health Awareness Month, UAB experts provide six ways to improve mental health.
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While the mental health of many Americans worsened during the pandemic, a recent UAB study found the increase in depression and anxiety symptoms was greatest within Black, Hispanic and Asian communities.
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Due to COVID-19 shutdowns in Shanghai, China, the global supply of intravenous contrast has decreased.
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Learn about important terms, concepts and ways the rapidly changing landscape impacts LGBTQ health as well as research and practice, specifically in the Southeast, in a free webinar hosted by the Region IV Public Health Training Center and the UAB School of Public Health on May 10 at 11 a.m.
Ronald Lazar, Ph.D.
Cerebrovascular disease • Brain Health • Stroke Recovery
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Support young cancer researchers by attending the Fiesta Ball, bidding on auction items or making a gift at this website.
This innovative procedure provides qualifying otology patients with a less invasive treatment option than traditional ear surgery.
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Seth Wharton, 44, received a double heart-valve replacement at UAB in 1990.
Luxturna uses a non-disease-causing virus to deliver a normal copy of the RPE65 gene to retinal cells, enabling them to make proteins capable of improving and preserving visual function.
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New technologies are filling in gaps in the human genome and opening major areas for discovery. UAB researchers explain the pros and cons and how they are using long reads at UAB.
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Improving your diet can help protect and maintain brain health. Learn more about best dietary practices by joining the UAB School of Public Health on April 12.
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Aadia Rana, M.D.
HIV/AIDS infection control • HIV/AIDS research • Health disparities • COVID-19
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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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Bianca and Kelvin Ume have been pulling double duty throughout the pandemic: working as contact tracers while juggling full-time jobs, Bianca as a UAB medical and MBA student and Kelvin as an ICU nurse.
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Diane Bishop creates care packages for other aortic patients to equip them with the supplies they need to take control of their health.
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