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Three UAB employees share their diabetes journey and provide healthy tips in honor of Diabetes Awareness Month.
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An internationally recognized clinician and researcher in Parkinson’s disease, UAB’s David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D., has been honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Parkinson’s Association of Alabama.
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The Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition is one of UAB’s longest-standing Homecoming traditions. Each winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship and serve as an ambassador of UAB.
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The New Innovator awards support investigators in the early stages of their careers.
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The study will examine a protein that may help slow bleeding in the brain when given within a two-hour window following the first signs of hemorrhage.
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Carbohydrates are directly linked to the development of Type 2 diabetes, but a higher-carb diet is underused in research models.
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The new technique to predict seizure clusters could, if confirmed, have a profound impact on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who are prone to seizure clusters.
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An aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall, resulting in an increase of pressure in a small area and causing the vessel to balloon.
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UAB 2020 graduate Shreya Malhotra was selected as a fellow for the Knight-Hennessy Scholars, making history as the first recipient from UAB.
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Medical professionals are calling on the World Health Assembly to pass a resolution calling for folic acid fortification in staple foods to prevent spina bifida worldwide.
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Radiofrequency ablation precisely delivers heat energy that can destroy lesions within the brain that are the cause of seizures.
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Five Blazers will work, live with and learn from people in their host countries during their time in the Fulbright program.
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With the number of Americans with dementia expected to increase dramatically, UAB’s new brain health clinics point the way to improving brain health over a lifespan.
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Clinton Global Initiative University engages student leaders in developing innovative solutions to campus, community or global challenges.
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The distinct cell populations were identified by single-nucleus RNA sequencing of 21,600 cells of the rat ventral tegmental area, located in the midbrain.
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The investigational drug masitinib appears to inhibit parts of the immune system that may be overactive in ALS.
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Eleven Blazers have been named semifinalists for an international exchange program.
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Derek Dang, graduating from UAB with honors, will present to legislators at the prestigious Posters on the Hill event, hosted by the Council on Undergraduate Research.
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The fields of neuroengineering and brain-computer interfaces could have a tremendous impact on a number of neurologic conditions, such as stroke, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson’s disease, dementia and other brain diseases.
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UAB’s new intraoperative MRI suite allows for real time magnetic resonance imaging during surgical procedures.
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