Displaying items by tag: department of pediatrics
UAB and Children’s of Alabama welcome a new director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
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Matt Alexander, who studies muscular dystrophy, is this year’s recipient of the Chesapeake Civitan McNulty Award.
The grant awarded to Kent Willis, M.D., will further his research in bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a chronic lung disease that is a common complication of premature birth.
Women who had total body irradiation to prepare for blood or marrow transplantation before age 30 had a 4.5-fold increase in their risk of developing breast cancer later in life.
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Graduate student Rylie Hightower is the fifth UAB student to receive an F99/K00 grant from the National Institutes of Health.
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Up to 70 percent of adults with sickle cell anemia will develop chronic kidney disease; Lebensburger’s research will address monitoring renal disease progression.
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Two treatments given together before birth — magnesium sulfate and corticosteroids — can improve outcomes in preterm children.
Higher-volume feedings were determined to help postnatal growth in preterm infants.
In a study led by a UAB neonatologist, findings showed that racial and ethnic disparities in preterm infants decreased.
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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UAB continues to pave the way for developing personal protective equipment during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
A UAB doctor who lives in Zambia has raised thousands of dollars to create and distribute more than 16,000 face shields to health care workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame honors the 2020 class of inductees, including six from UAB.
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The work centers around ReFRAME, a vast collection of drugs developed for other diseases that are already known to be safe for humans.
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Mirjam-Colette Kempf, Ph.D., MPH, is serving on the Jefferson County COVID-19 Task Force.
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A grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels® will help UAB sustain future COVID-19 testing capabilities.
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Combating the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 and alleviating the anxiety of your child can be difficult. Here are some tips on how to do it.
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An immune reaction to COVID-19 infection called cytokine storm syndrome can be fatal to COVID-19 patients.
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Ten years after moving into a world-class facility, UAB’s women’s health services are helping more women than ever.
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Kong is the co-founder of KultureCity — a nonprofit focused on inclusion and accessibility for individuals with invisible challenges, such as children with autism or veterans with PTSD.
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