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In just the five years since UAB completed 10,000 robotic surgeries, surgeons across 15 disciplines have now collectively exceeded 20,000 robotic surgeries, setting a record for the hospital.
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A simultaneous bilateral adrenalectomy removes both adrenal glands at the same time, providing benefits to both the patient and surgeons.
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The accredidation is given to bariatric surgery centers that have undergone an independent, voluntary and rigorous peer evaluation.
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One UAB surgeon’s personal loss drives his mission to reduce health care disparities.
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UAB is partnering with Bibb Medical Center to provide screenings and diagnostic treatment.
The federal mandate, which was announced in 2011 and implemented in 2014, limited acetaminophen to 325 milligrams per opioid-acetaminophen combination pill. Acetaminophen is toxic to livers at high doses.
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UAB is committed to increasing awareness and education about colorectal cancer throughout the month of March.
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A grant from ADPH will provide colonoscopies for at-risk patients of Cooper Green during colorectal cancer awareness month in March.
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Even when at odds with his health, Matalon continued his academic excellence and service to the field of lung disease research.
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Trauma patients rushed to a hospital often find that the clothes they were wearing do not survive their medical emergency. A UAB medical student is working to provide discharge with dignity.
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UAB Hospital practice areas were honored with the “Best Hospital” designation, including cancer care, bariatric surgery, heart care, stroke care, minimally invasive surgery, comprehensive breast care, mammograms, obstetrics and women’s services.
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UAB surgeons perform new technique that is minimally invasive and allows for a quicker recovery time.
With this procedure, surgeons hope to find a treatment option for those with severe chronic venous insufficiency.
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The first large multi-ancestry genetics study of osteoarthritis, or OA, has found 10 novel OA-associated genetic loci, and results showed some of the OA-associated regions are robustly found in every population ancestry studied.
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Cardiac intelligence uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients for cardiac disease and progression.
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UAB’s research and reputation land it among the top institutions in the world.
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Jim Parsons, an Alabamian and registered organ donor, helped further donation and xenotransplant when his family donated his body upon death for a groundbreaking scientific study conducted at UAB earlier this year.
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Early detection and limiting risk factors are the best ways to fight breast cancer.
Physicians in the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB are advancing the field of thyroid care with cutting-edge, patient-specific procedures and collaborative research investigations.
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This novel finding will help guide successful therapeutic design and strategies for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.
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