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Viva Medicare first and only Alabama-based plan to receive distinction from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Enrollment in 2022 Medicare plans starts Oct. 15 

Born at 36 weeks, twins Mary and Emily Monk contracted a virus that would lead to one being diagnosed as blind. 

The new technology allows health care personnel to observe movement of the lungs, diaphragm and joints.
Primary care providers advocate for preventive care that can stop problems before they start.
UAB has been awarded a grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to address disparities in health equity by improving access to quality health care in rural communities.

The device is a non-invasive scanner using near infrared light to assess brain injuries.

UAB’s Jessica Grayson, M.D., clears the confusion on how to tell COVID-19 from other respiratory illnesses.

The study followed 5,000 health care workers in high risk environments for COVID-19.

UAB’s Adam Baumgarten, M.D., shares more on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for men.

After waiting more than two years, Colin Tucker received a new heart thanks to UAB’s new organ transplant program that uses hepatitis C-positive organs. 

The book addresses the recognition and management of heart attack, heart failure, arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, cardiac transplantation, broken heart syndrome, hypertension and the depression experienced after a heart attack.
The third in a series of panel discussions will provide up-to-date information on COVID-19 from UAB experts.
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.
The collective intelligence gathered through Crowdicity will help UAB Medicine leadership and staff design solutions that help improve the patient experience.

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

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

The death toll from COVID-19 in Alabama has topped 12,000, with more than 640,000 deaths nationwide.
Three Black men from Alabama and Mississippi share the importance of prostate cancer screenings for early detection and treatment.
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.   

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

UAB’s STEMI program has been awarded the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.
UAB’s Megan Hays, Ph.D., shares how to overcome common negative thinking traps by using cognitive behavioral therapy.
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.
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.
Some 70 percent of unvaccinated pregnant women currently in UAB’s ICUs are on ventilators.

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.

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

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