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The UAB School of Medicine will lead in the establishment of the Antiviral Drug Discovery and Development Center, or AD3C, funded by an up to $35 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
"UAB will undertake research into the mechanisms underlying cannabidiol to learn more about its function and effect on seizures," said David Standaert, chairman of the university's Department of Neurology.
Two days after Tuscaloosa filmmaker Andrew Grace learned his documentary "Eating Alabama'' is a finalist for a James Beard Foundation Award, UAB will present a free screening of the film at 7 tonight.
“This is the first demonstration that any dietary maneuver during pregnancy can impact lifelong immune function of the offspring,” wrote David Chaplin, who studies the development of lymphoid organs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham but was not involved in the work
"Flooding can occur quickly, and we need to prepare for it, just as we need to prepare for other weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes," said Sarah Nafziger, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and assistant state emergency medical services medical director for the Alabama Department of Public Health.
"As a parent, you can filter and shield. You really need to monitor what your kids are reading, watching or listening to since it can have a profound impact on their emotions. If you're watching the news and your child, who's under 10, is in the room, be prepared to turn it off. And children under 12 shouldn't be watching the news alone," says Josh Klaplow, a clinical psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Paul Sanford, R-Huntsville, authorizes the University of Alabama at Birmingham to study the effects of the drug on chronically ill patients for up to five years. The university would control and dispense the drug to participants in the study.
The 38th annual Juried Student Exhibition at UAB, which opens Wednesday, March 19, will showcase the talents of both students and faculty. A wide range of media will be displayed at the new Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, printmaking and time-based media.
From FoxBusiness.com
One in three Americans who lack health coverage plan to remain uninsured, citing cost as their chief obstacle, according to Bankrate's latest Health Insurance Pulse survey. "I think it's just rolling past them, and they're not giving it a whole lot of attention," says Michael Morrisey, professor of health economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
One in three Americans who lack health coverage plan to remain uninsured, citing cost as their chief obstacle, according to Bankrate's latest Health Insurance Pulse survey. "I think it's just rolling past them, and they're not giving it a whole lot of attention," says Michael Morrisey, professor of health economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
"There is very little evidence that drinking water promotes weight loss. It is one of those self-perpetuating myths," Beth Kitchin, an assistant professor of nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said.
An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cell phones to automobiles. The new device was developed by a team of scientists from Vanderbilt University, University of Alabama-Birmingham, and Los Alamos National Laboratory and is described in the March 12 issue of the journal Nano Letters.
A House Committee on Tuesday voted to fund a $1 million University of Alabama At Birmingham study on the effectiveness of using cannabidiol to control seizures.
The UAB Student Multicultural and Diversity program has several more events left on its Women's History schedule for March, including the screening of a critically acclaimed foreign film on campus. "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991) will be shown at Heritage Hall at 6 p.m. tonight.
From CBSlocal.com, Washington, DC
“It’s hard to generalize, but for some of these folks, it’s a case of, ‘I’m in pretty good health, I don’t think about these things, I know I can’t afford it now,’” Michael Morrisey, professor of health economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, told Bankrate.com.
“It’s hard to generalize, but for some of these folks, it’s a case of, ‘I’m in pretty good health, I don’t think about these things, I know I can’t afford it now,’” Michael Morrisey, professor of health economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, told Bankrate.com.
Dr. Brad Woodworth, director of ear, nose and throat research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in an email interview that he's been using the Cook graft on about 60 patients a year and has a success rate of more than 90 percent for closing leaks at the base of the skull.
Physically, your heart rate, blood pressure, and adrenaline levels increase in response to the potential danger to our lives, says Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., professor of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. That's especially true for guys.
A chemical plant in Anniston was forced to clean up its act several years ago. Now, doctors at UAB are working on a follow-up health survey for people who live near the chemical plant. The doctors want to see how the levels of poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) have changed in Anniston residents’ bodies.
Mr. Carpenter says the power of students is that they are not easily discouraged. That was true for Katie Carter, an occupational therapy student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Chidinma Anakwenze, a medical student there, who spent a recent Saturday visiting a dozen black barber shops and beauty salons in downtown Birmingham. They gave out leaflets and took names.
Drinking a lot of water is often advised to those who are trying to lose weight, but a nutrition expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says it is not the magic bullet to weight loss.
Leon Botstein, who was at UAB to receive the 2014 Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Distinguished Visiting Scholar Prize, stressed the importance of subjects such as theory and history in shaping a musician's education, and urged all musicians to shed their snobbery, whatever their line of musical specialty.
The UAB School of Medicine will soon have its first-ever Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Mona Fouad, director of the UAB Division of Preventive Medicine, will assume those duties beginning April 1.