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Identifying microbes on the skin, up the nose and in the gut of healthy people may help scientists understand several major diseases.

Mary Warren has been named co-director of the UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation

Add an increased risk of stroke to the list of health problems caused by sleeping fewer than six hours a night.

UAB researchers and EMS providers are working to improve cardiac survival rates in Alabama. While still low, the rate has doubled since the effort began.

UAB professor will lead the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons.

UAB’s new nano-material extends the life of pancreatic islets and reduces inflammatory response that causes transplant rejection.

UAB faculty will give 25 presentations at ASCO scientific meeting; topics also include ovarian and breast cancers and AML, or acute myeloid leukemia.

The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation General Endowment Fund awarded grants to aid research across UAB.

Mark Hadley becomes fourth UAB neurosurgeon to be named a director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

The National Institutes of Health centers will close gaps in curricula so clinicians can make better and safer choices about pain treatment.

UAB affiliation provides residents in Okaloosa County and surrounding areas with increased access to advanced cancer care.

UAB’s newest affiliate extends leading-edge care to Guntersville, Boaz areas.

The Program in Environmental and Translational Medicine combines clinical care with research to prevent, treat diseases caused from air pollution, water contamination, other causes.

Study says findings could be a game-changer for patients, helping doctors determine when to perform surgery and providing better long-term outcomes.

UAB ophthalmologists are studying the role of a lipoprotein in macular degeneration.