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“Physical activity really has to be at the base of any sort of recommendation post-stroke,” said James Rimmer, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Lakeshore Foundation.
Sticking to a diet or eating healthy can be tough when you step out of your normal routine and go on vacation.
Early palliative treatment for advanced cancer patients appeared to benefit their caregivers, who experienced lower rates of depression and better quality of life, researchers reported.
Nearly 80% of multiple sclerosis patients in a large registry reported overactive bladder symptoms, and more than one-third of newly diagnosed patients in a different cohort also had urinary dysfunction, researchers reported.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine have created an experimental blood test that, for the first time, determines a "Bioenergetic Health Index," or BHI, by gauging the performance of mitochondria, the cell's energy powerhouses. They report their laboratory findings in a recent issue of the journal Clinical Science.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are hoping to learn more about a deadly fungal infection called Cryptococcus.
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Markus Bredel, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the UAB Department of Radiation Oncology and senior scientist in the neuro-oncology program at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues show how a phenomenon known as 'alternative splicing' allows brain tumors to incapacitate a key tumor suppressor gene, and that splicing happens in a tissue-specific context in a study published online in The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Markus Bredel, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the UAB Department of Radiation Oncology and senior scientist in the neuro-oncology program at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues show how a phenomenon known as 'alternative splicing' allows brain tumors to incapacitate a key tumor suppressor gene, and that splicing happens in a tissue-specific context in a study published online in The Journal of Clinical Investigation
A well-known pediatrician and expert in children's digestive disorders from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named the new chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine.
By now you may have seen the video of Birmingham Mayor William Bell and UAB President Ray Watts extolling the virtues of Birmingham on a business program in New York.
Recycled and donated fabric are still needed for New York artist Amanda Browder's massive project to wrap UAB's Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Art in August.
I called David Schwebel, a psychology professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who has studied pedestrian behavior. He agreed that warm weather may be a Florida factor (places like Arizona and Las Vegas fare similarly) and added this: Warm places tend to be hubs for the homeless, who can bring issues of mental illness and substance abuse and who, by definition, walk around outside.
Some parents and teachers have expressed concern the last decade or so that the writing skills of children and teenagers may be impaired by their constant text messaging — using symbols and abbreviations — and their over-reliance on the auto-correct function in word processing programs.
Young adults who were exposed to adverse experiences as children have greater signs of unhealthy blood vessel function than young people without a traumatic past, a new study finds.
Dr. Janet Turan, an associate professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy at the UAB School of Public Health, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the adverse effects of HIV-related stigma among pregnant women in Kenya.
After Dr. Sergio Stagno announced he was stepping down as the chair of the department of pediatrics at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and physician-in-chief of Children's of Alabama, the university began a nationwide search for his replacement. That search ended today when UAB announced that Dr. Mitchell Cohen of Cincinnati's Children Hospital Medical Center would succeed Stagno and begin his duties Sept. 1
Beginning this afternoon, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine will host the annual meeting of The Midwest Islet Club (MIC), an important diabetes research event that puts the focus on the latest work by young investigators -- including a dozen from UAB.
"Systemic JIA is likely best classified as an autoinflammatory disease, based upon the robust clinical response to IL-1 inhibition and the absence of known autoantibodies, autoreactive T-cells, or association with HLA genotypes," explained Timothy Beukelman, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who was a co-author of the updated ACR guidelines.
The chlorine in tap water can form some less-than-savory compounds in your coffee, says Tracy Hamilton, Ph.D., a chemist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. But you don't need to use bottled water: A faucet filter or pitcher unit can remove the chemical, Hamilton says.
Two new studies find that statins, drugs often prescribed to lower cholesterol, do not improve the health of patients who have chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease (COPD) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham participated in the study of the patients with COPD.
"This is ideal for the downtown community, UAB employees, UAB patients who do not have a primary-care physician, and established primary-care patients who either are unable to see their physician or need to be seen after hours," said Dr. Stuart Cohen, associate professor of Internal Medicine.
A three-year pilot grant from the Veterans Health Administration Office of Academic Affiliation has been awarded to the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center that will allow them to partner with the UAB School of Nursing on a residency program for mental health nurse practitioners.