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UAB’s popular EatRight weight management program has introduced new hours, classes, recipes and more.

UAB Nursing and Medicine schools tout partnership with the VA to improve health care for veterans and their families during May 13-17 National VA Research Week.

Jolie has people talking about genetics; testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 is not for everyone, but knowing family history is a good start.

The awards fund first-year medical students for an eight-week session in scholarly research.

Waguespack has been in private practice in Birmingham for more than three decades prior to coming to UAB.

Distraction by a dog while driving may be worse for older drivers, according to research from UAB.

The UAB Genetic Counseling Graduate Program is a collaborative program to provide educational and clinical training in genetic counseling.

The Diabetes Research Center (DRC) focuses on developing new methods to treat, prevent and ultimately cure diabetes and its complications.

Sontheimer’s presentation will be entitled “Glioma: A Neurocentric Look at Cancer.”

A UAB study links the Mediterranean diet to better memory.

Neurosurgical injuries following the April 2011 Alabama tornadoes tended to be spinal, not head or neck injuries in adults, but the opposite in children, according to UAB researchers.

M. Jacob Baggott will oversee new student health initiative to include primary care, counseling services and health promotion.

The fifth annual multidisciplinary competition featured 24 teams of undergraduate, graduate and professional school students from multiple academic disciplines.

Researchers at UAB measure an increase in grey matter in the brains of children with cerebral palsy after treatment with CI therapy.

Half of Alabama’s 2013 Goldwater Scholars study at UAB – university total is now 17 with eight scholarship winners in the past four years.

UAB hosts a seminar to train exercise professionals in how to help cancer patients become physically active during treatment and recovery.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk for shingles, but new research at UAB indicates that biologics – the newest RA medications – don’t worsen that risk.