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UAB Addiction Recovery helps patients stay sober despite COVID isolation

Videoconferencing software has helped address lower treatment rates and higher numbers of overdoses during the pandemic, but it has also made it easier for family members to stay connected to their loved one’s recovery journey.
Videoconferencing software has helped address lower treatment rates and higher numbers of overdoses during the pandemic, but it has also made it easier for family members to stay connected to their loved one’s recovery journey.

UAB Medicine asks patients to join “innovation challenge”

The collective intelligence gathered through Crowdicity will help UAB Medicine leadership and staff design solutions that help improve the patient experience.
The collective intelligence gathered through Crowdicity will help UAB Medicine leadership and staff design solutions that help improve the patient experience.

Amm awarded R21 grant to study non-invasive imaging of rare tumor

This grant will allow Amm to develop a new pre-clinical model for surgically removing ameloblastomas to reduce the chance of recurrence in patients.

This grant will allow Amm to develop a new pre-clinical model for surgically removing ameloblastomas to reduce the chance of recurrence in patients.  

UAB opening vaccination sites in Hoover and Wylam

To schedule an appointment, visit UABMedicineVaccine.org, or call 205-975-1881 for assistance.

To schedule an appointment, visit UABMedicineVaccine.org, or call 205-975-1881 for assistance.

Statewide Moment of Silence honors 12,000 lost to COVID-19

The death toll from COVID-19 in Alabama has topped 12,000, with more than 640,000 deaths nationwide.
The death toll from COVID-19 in Alabama has topped 12,000, with more than 640,000 deaths nationwide.

Prostate cancer survivors urge men to seek screening, erase stigma surrounding men’s health

Three Black men from Alabama and Mississippi share the importance of prostate cancer screenings for early detection and treatment.
Three Black men from Alabama and Mississippi share the importance of prostate cancer screenings for early detection and treatment.

CU²RE program awarded $5.2 million in supplemental HRSA

This funding will be used to increase educational activities for medical students, including a mentorship with family medicine physicians, a 10-patient panel to work with over four years, leadership and interprofessional education, and more.
This funding will be used to increase educational activities for medical students, including a mentorship with family medicine physicians, a 10-patient panel to work with over four years, leadership and interprofessional education, and more.   

Statewide Moment of Silence to honor 12,000 lost to COVID-19

The death toll from COVID-19 in Alabama has topped 12,000, with more than 640,000 deaths nationwide.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Alabama has topped 12,000, with more than 640,000 deaths nationwide.

UAB awarded Primary Heart Attack Center Certification

UAB’s STEMI program has been awarded the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.
UAB’s STEMI program has been awarded the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.

Five common thinking traps and how to avoid them

UAB’s Megan Hays, Ph.D., shares how to overcome common negative thinking traps by using cognitive behavioral therapy.
UAB’s Megan Hays, Ph.D., shares how to overcome common negative thinking traps by using cognitive behavioral therapy.

UAB’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit receives AACN Silver Beacon Award for Excellence

This award recognizes UAB Hospital’s commitment to meeting standards of excellence in recruitment and retention, education, training and mentoring, research and evidence-based practice, patient outcomes, leadership and organizational ethics, and creation of a healthy work environment.
This award recognizes UAB Hospital’s commitment to meeting standards of excellence in recruitment and retention, education, training and mentoring, research and evidence-based practice, patient outcomes, leadership and organizational ethics, and creation of a healthy work environment.

Five questions about monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal antibody infusion is effective, but UAB doctors say getting the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to prevent someone from being hospitalized because of COVID-19.
Monoclonal antibody infusion is effective, but UAB doctors say getting the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to prevent someone from being hospitalized because of COVID-19.

UAB Hospital ICU population includes “alarming” number of pregnant women

UAB Hospital ICU population includes “alarming” number of pregnant women
Some 70 percent of unvaccinated pregnant women currently in UAB’s ICUs are on ventilators.

UAB study, among others, shows masks are effective in preventing spread of COVID-19

Studies conducted in America and around the world definitively show that masks are an effective tool in reducing the rate of injection of COVID-19.

Studies conducted in America and around the world definitively show that masks are an effective tool in reducing the rate of injection of COVID-19.

Nurse describes conditions inside a COVID-19 unit

“These people are the sickest of the sick.” Hear from one of the nurses helping COVID patients inside UAB Hospital.
“These people are the sickest of the sick.” Hear from one of the nurses helping COVID patients inside UAB Hospital.

UAB Health System requires COVID-19 vaccines for UAB Health System employees

UAB Health System requires COVID-19 vaccines for UAB Health System employees
To stop the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant and protect patients and each other, UAB Health System requires employees and people working in its hospital and clinics to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

UAB School of Public Health launches free, asymptomatic COVID-19 testing program for Alabama K-12 schools

UAB will partner with the Alabama Department of Public Health, Alabama State Department of Education and local school districts to conduct individualized COVID-19 testing plans. The testing is free, voluntary and safe.

UAB will partner with the Alabama Department of Public Health, Alabama State Department of Education and local school districts to conduct individualized COVID-19 testing plans. The testing is free, voluntary and safe.

UAB adds personalized touch to cancer treatment with adaptive radiation

Adaptive radiation therapy allows for more precise treatment by fine-tuning the treatment regimen based on up-to-date imaging.
Adaptive radiation therapy allows for more precise treatment by fine-tuning the treatment regimen based on up-to-date imaging.

Dransfield named director of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at UAB

Nationally renowned expert in COPD Mark Dransfield, M.D., has been the medical director of the UAB Lung Health Center since 2009.
Nationally renowned expert in COPD Mark Dransfield, M.D., has been the medical director of the UAB Lung Health Center since 2009.

House calls program brings COVID-19 vaccine to homebound patients

UAB’s House Calls program is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to homebound patients and their eligible caregivers who live within 30-40 miles from UAB.
UAB’s House Calls program is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to homebound patients and their eligible caregivers who live within 30-40 miles from UAB.

UAB Hospital-Highlands Emergency Department designated as first Level 1 Geriatric ED in the Southeast

UAB Hospital is home to the only accredited geriatric ED in Alabama, the first one in the Southeast and the 17th Level 1 geriatric ED in the world.
UAB Hospital is home to the only accredited geriatric ED in Alabama, the first one in the Southeast and the 17th Level 1 geriatric ED in the world.

UAB takes medical simulation training on the road

Simulation training is proving to be very valuable in healthcare, especially for smaller facilities.

Simulation training is proving to be very valuable in health care, especially for smaller facilities.

$1.4 million grant to grow underrepresented minorities in medicine and expand care in rural areas

An award from the Health Resources and Services Administration will increase underrepresented minorities in medicine and support student work in areas of mental health, opioid addiction and primary care in rural areas.
An award from the Health Resources and Services Administration will increase underrepresented minorities in medicine and support student work in areas of mental health, opioid addiction and primary care in rural areas.

Back to square one: UAB expert says social distancing, masks, vaccinations are key to stopping COVID-19 surge

As the Delta variant continues to rip through the United States, Alabama’s low vaccination rates combined with the variant’s high transmissibility rates make for a deadly combination that can be stopped, experts say — if we all do the right thing.

As the Delta variant continues to rip through the United States, Alabama’s low vaccination rates combined with the variant’s high transmissibility rates make for a deadly combination that can be stopped, experts say — if we all do the right thing.

COVID-19 health recommendations for K-12 schools

Pediatric infectious diseases expert discusses the Centers for Disease Control’s in-person learning guidelines for the 2021 school year.
Pediatric infectious diseases expert discusses the Centers for Disease Control’s in-person learning guidelines for the 2021 school year.

UAB Medicine named a Hicuity Health 2021 WE SEE YOU CARE Award winner

The award recognizes innovation, leadership and partnership in tele-ICU care.
The award recognizes innovation, leadership and partnership in tele-ICU care.

Delta variant causes rise in COVID-19 emergency department visits in the unvaccinated

Delta variant causes rise of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the unvaccinated.
Delta variant causes rise of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the unvaccinated.

UAB uses mobile clinic to examine disease risk of rural Southerners

The RURAL Heart and Lung Study clinic will bring to rural communities technology that provides access to diagnostic tests that are not routinely done in rural settings. UAB researchers will examine medical, lifestyle and behavioral factors that contribute to higher health concerns in residents of Dallas and Wilcox counties. (Photography: Lexi Coon)
The RURAL Heart and Lung Study clinic will bring to rural communities technology that provides access to diagnostic tests that are not routinely done in rural settings. UAB researchers will examine medical, lifestyle and behavioral factors that contribute to higher health concerns in residents of Dallas and Wilcox counties.

NIH expand CEAL Grant to promote COVID-19 vaccines

The NIH’s Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities extends research grant to promote COVID-19 vaccinations.
The NIH’s Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities extends research grant to promote COVID-19 vaccinations.

With eight highly ranked specialties, U.S. News again calls UAB best hospital in Alabama

UAB Hospital tops the list of best hospitals in Alabama again, according to U.S. News & World Report. (Photography: Steve Wood)
UAB Hospital tops the list of best hospitals in Alabama again, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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