Displaying items by tag: department of medicine
Researchers at UAB reveal the impact of transthyretin protein levels on heart disease risk.
Research from the centers will help drive new knowledge and foster positive and lasting societal benefits.
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This past June, through a competitive review process, the NIH renewed their five-year grant to continue UAB’s Center for AIDS Research pivotal work.
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This study is providing researchers with an infrastructure they can build upon as they work to fully understand how exercise impacts the entire body.
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This new device leads to earlier discharge and an overall increase in patient satisfaction.
Indirect benefits could include how to lessen rejection of transplanted organs and damage to the transplanted tissue.
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The study will observe two sedation medications, ketamine and etomidate, that are most commonly used for sedations, ketamine and etomidate, to determine which is best during intubations.
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Ninety-two percent of evaluable patients treated with INB-200 exceeded a median progression-free survival of seven months. Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive type of cancer originating in the brain.
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With more than 3,300 residents living in East Lake, Live HealthSmart Alabama hopes to encourage a healthier lifestyle by providing safe spaces for them to get outside.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with type 2 inflammation saw rapid and sustained improvements after treatment with the monoclonal antibody dupilumab.
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The CLA was made possible with support from Coca-Cola United, whose generous donation of $250,000 funded LHSA’s pilot academy.
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A newly identified subset of intestinal epithelial cells act as both the major target and a key responder in a mouse model of gut infection by the bacteria Citrobacter rodentium.
Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16, and UAB experts are providing recommendations for how to get started with advance care planning.
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UAB experts says that individuals can prevent or decrease symptoms of sleep apnea by making small lifestyle changes.
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Mortgage lending discrimination in the 1930s is still geographically associated with inequities in colon cancer care today. Colon cancer often can be treated successfully if detected early.
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Through a generous gift from Novo Nordisk Inc., Live HealthSmart Alabama is beginning to expand statewide, starting in central Alabama with Selma, Demopolis and Camden, while taking steps to make good health simple — one person, one family and one community at a time.
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Participants between the ages of 18 and 60 who received peer coaching showed significant reduction in systolic blood pressure.
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Clinical trial findings from the LATITUDE study show promise in long-acting HIV treatment for patients who have long struggled with daily HIV oral medications.
The program is designed specifically to treat women and address the distinct concerns and unique risk factors that women may experience.
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Pulsed-field ablation disrupts the cellular membranes of vein tissue, irreversibly preventing those membranes from conducting electricity. This protects the heart from the rapid impulses which can cause atrial fibrillation.
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