Displaying items by tag: department of medicine
Black people in the United States have the highest rates of colorectal cancer of any racial or ethnic group, according to the American Cancer Society.
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A drug that inhibits the protease plasmin is hypothesized to reduce the infectivity and virulence of the virus, as measured by reduced need for hospitalization within a week.
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Drs. Vickers and Pisu will use a $3 million, five-year National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant to study barriers that may exist for GI cancer patients to access quality cancer surgery in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Sexual behavioral counseling can reduce sexually transmitted infection cases, new guidelines suggest
New recommendations for sexual behavior counseling suggest that shorter, more frequent sessions in a clinical setting can be valuable.
A long time UAB rheumatologist has been named director of division in the UAB School of Medicine.
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Funding from the FCC supports smart technology in use at the UAB COVID respiratory clinic.
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O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB is partnering with the Alabama Department of Public Health for expanded cervical cancer screening and education in 13 counties.
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Thomas Buford to head the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine as the new director starting Aug. 1, 2020.
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UAB scientist Jessy Deshane is one of five researchers to receive a specialized grant from NanoString Technologies, which will allow her to evaluate immune response in 3D non-small-cell lung cancer models.
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A study conducted by UAB investigators shows that nearly a third of non-Hispanic Black young adults nationwide have hypertension, and the control of high blood pressure in all young adults is only 10 percent.
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The drug candidate is a non-toxic small molecule that given orally effectively rescued mice from models of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
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A $75,000 gift from the Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation to support cancer awareness and COVID-19 response in Alabama’s Back Belt region was given to the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.
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Three UAB doctors and professors share five ways the medical community can work to address the needs of underrepresented populations as we work to understand COVID-19.
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AdCOVID stimulated both strong serum neutralizing activity and potent mucosal IgA immunity in the respiratory tract.
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This study was done in mice and with a novel, tissue-engineered, three-dimensional breast cancer mimetic system.
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Genetic assessments can help predict the risk of common diseases, and UAB is part of a national study to better understand and implement polygenic risk scores
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UAB’s Gretchen Winter, M.D., shares the highs and lows of treating coronavirus patients in New York City.
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In light of COVID-19, changes to protect patient and employee health have been made for UAB Medicine clinic and hospital visits.
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Researchers from UAB are working with the NIH and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study a potential antibiotic to treat maternal and infant sepsis in low-income countries.
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Jodie Dionne-Odom, M.D., will help advance global health in the UAB Center for Women’s Reproductive Health.
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