Displaying items by tag: department of pediatrics
As parents navigate baby formula shortages across the nation, one UAB pediatrician shares advice and concerns that parents should keep in mind.
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She works in health care at UAB and has a premature daughter born with cerebral palsy. Crystal Odom steps up as the newest member of a state advisory group for children with disabilities.
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Based on information out of UAB and the ADPH, the CDC issued a health alert encouraging providers presented with pediatric patients with hepatitis of an unknown origin to screen for the adenovirus-41 strain.
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UAB Medicine’s STEP program helps people with disabilities as they transition from pediatric health care to adult health care.
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COVID-related acute kidney injury peaked in 10- to 15-year-olds and 70- to 75-year-olds, suggesting age is not the sole determinant in severity of illness from COVID-19.
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COVID-19 changed the way we communicate, care for others, educate our children, work and more. Experts from UAB weigh in on these changes.
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The ninth annual Rare Disease Genomics Symposium will take place virtually March 4 from 12-4:30 p.m.
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Southern Research has 400 full-time employees, brings in $80 million in revenue and has an annual economic impact of $150 million.
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Throughout 2020, the decline in pediatric emergency department visits among Black and public or self-insured patients was consistently larger than other demographics.
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The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the disparities in health and health care access faced by underserved communities.
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Death or severe brain bleeding in the first week after birth dropped from 27.4 percent to 15 percent after introduction of a bundle of evidence-based, potentially better practices for preterm infants. Median weight of the 820 infants studied was 1 pound, 10 ounces.
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The UAB Maternal and Child Health Student Association will host a virtual seminar on child car seat and booster seat safety Jan. 27 from 5-6 p.m.
UAB neonatologist aims to support literacy from birth through his new Baby Bookworms book and reading program study.
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UAB’s Family Clinic is encouraging people to find out their HIV status through its free self-testing kits.
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NIH selects UAB and UA as research sites for a longitudinal study on child development since pregnancy.
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Appointments are encouraged and can be made by visiting uabmedicinevaccine.org or calling 205-975-1881 for assistance.
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Guinness World Records officially named Curtis Means, born at 21 weeks and one day at UAB Hospital, the most premature infant to survive.
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Young cancer survivors are at higher risk of developing subsequent HPV-related cancers than the general population, but less likely to receive the HPV vaccine. Findings from the first clinical trial of its kind support making HPV vaccination a routine part of oncologic care for all young cancer survivors, researchers say.
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UAB Medicine and Children’s of Alabama receive national rare diseases designation.
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Richard J. Whitley, M.D., receives highest honor from the American Pediatric Society.
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