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MEN2A is a rare, hereditary condition occurring in roughly one in 35,000 people in the United States.
UAB Women and Infants Center has been named a favorite in three categories by Birmingham Parent Magazine reader votes.
UAB researchers have identified a non-coding RNA that appears to affect memory in the older brain.
Patients with questions about access can call the number on the back of their insurance card for information about physicians and hospitals who accept United Healthcare insurance.
The clinic focus will be to help women who are battling other health conditions with family planning and pregnancy prevention.
The new play therapy room at the UAB Community Counseling Clinic has expanded its services to meet the counseling needs of younger children.
The CuddleCot will help UAB nurses and doctors guide grieving families through the infant loss process.
A specialized clinic in a tertiary hospital is effective at treating patients from five states.
New research from UAB provides evidence, for the first time, to continue using the criteria set by major respiratory societies for the diagnosis of airflow obstruction and COPD.
Every year, nearly 700,000 Americans have surgery for groin hernias.
The fund, established by Ashita Tolwani, will support investigators and researchers as they create products and solutions to help kidney-related therapies.
UAB will continue to lead the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.
This new, non-invasive way to deliver radiation has helped one Alabama man complete optometry school and launch his new career.
UAB is a leading site in the administration of intranasal esketamine. How will this impact the care of patients with depression in the future?
Fresh breakthroughs could help most cystic fibrosis patients breathe more easily.
The knowledge and will to fight the opioid epidemic from all angles is why UAB is best positioned to combat the far-reaching opioid crisis.
Different systemic eye conditions impact the way many student athletes are able to play sports in direct sunlight. One helmet addition now approved thanks to UAB could help.
VIVA HEALTH, part of the UAB Health System, has been selected to Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work listing for 2019.
For mothers with substance abuse disorders, UAB is helping to provide crucial care for them and their child.
UAB doctors will host a free communitywide education event to discuss treatment and diagnosis of hernias.
UAB sports medicine physicians serve as team physicians for Birmingham’s professional soccer team.
Maintaining emergency awareness and being prepared is a year-round activity.
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB investigators will present pioneering research at the 55th American Society of Clinical Oncology national meeting.
The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB will join with faith leaders in African-American communities to educate about the harmful effects of tobacco use through No Menthol Sunday.
UAB and Highlands Hospitals are among only 7 hospitals in the state, and the only ones in Birmingham, to earn an A grade for patient safety.
The latest information on plans to improve Cooper Green Mercy Health Services is now available on a website.
Just over two years since becoming the first continuing medical education podcast in Alabama, the 100 episodes of UAB MedCast have reached thousands.
UAB’s Huntsville Regional Medical Campus expands psychiatric care for children, adolescents and adults in North Alabama.
Anna’s Fund, which was established by Rodney Tucker, M.D., and Billy Connelley, provides financial assistance to Hand in Paw volunteer teams to help defray costs associated with training and supplies to become a pet therapy team.
Children in the afterschool program at the Campus of Hope at Marks Village are learning to be “Healthy Happy Kids” through a six-week childhood obesity prevention program.