Displaying items by tag: department of pediatrics

Findings indicated that sociodemographic disparities play a factor in whether all children are receiving high-quality and/or end-of-life care consistent with their goals.
Teen Health Week will promote healthy behaviors in adolescents and young adults in the Birmingham community.   
Laura McGuinn, M.D., is the inaugural Thomas H. Lowder Endowed Chair and clinical director of the Civitan-Sparks Clinics.
UAB and Children’s of Alabama welcome a new division director of pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Blood Marrow Transplantation program.
Before you buy a toy or let your little ones play with a gift, make sure you consider all potential safety hazards.
With one in four high school students’ using e-cigarettes, UAB experts want parents to be aware of vaping’s harmful effects.
National Cancer Institute award gives a UAB researcher the opportunity to develop programs that battle the long-term effects of treating childhood cancer.
A UAB Distinguished Professor has been awarded a lifetime achievement award in the field of infectious diseases.
A pediatric neurology researcher has been awarded a substantial grant to study a neuromuscular disease further.
Sensitive, specific assays are needed to ensure the safety of inter-species transplants for patients needing new organs like kidneys and hearts.
UAB's study of CBD oil for intractable epilepsy, funded by the State of Alabama under Carly's Law, shows that CBD oil reduces seizure frequency and severity in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy.
Researchers found that prolonged oxygen supplementation adversely affected the development of memory function in preterm infants.
The Birmingham City Council Transportation Committee provides funding for the UAB TRIP Lab’s current driving safety community outreach efforts.
Early results for a UAB-developed viral immunotherapy to treat brain tumors in children demonstrate safety and tolerability in Phase I studies.
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