Displaying items by tag: school of public health
UAB health policy experts recently completed a survey of 601 Alabama residents on issues of the ACA, the Exchange and Medicaid expansion.
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REGARDS investigators have responded with a letter published in the AHA journal Circulation, saying it is premature to draw firm conclusions about potential overestimation of risk using the new risk formula.
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Politics and religion are considered unsafe topics of conversation at parties. This holiday season, experts at UAB say avoiding one other topic – weight – can help everyone be more merry and bright.
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UAB researchers, a National Weather Service office and the state public health department seek to design an alert system that better protects public from extreme heat.
A national group of leading scientists, including one University of Alabama at Birmingham expert, says fewer people are dying of stroke, but the mechanisms remain unknown.
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The goal of the grant is to develop a new technique based on nanomaterial sorbents that allows accurate sampling of gases and vapors at low levels for measuring workers’ exposure.
UAB offers online degree programs in accounting, education, engineering, health care management, information systems, nursing, occupational therapy, public health and more.
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UAB experts have advice on how to slow aging, and how this can help with appearance and self-esteem.
Roeder’s early work played a pivotal role developing the foundations of DNA forensic inference.
A new study from UAB researchers is one of the first to study the relationship between exercise and stroke in a large biracial cohort of men and women in the U.S.
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Studies in recent years had suggested that cilia regulate vital processes including growth, appetite, mood, healing and vision.
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UAB may have found a new approach to countering widespread, cholesterol-related disease in blood vessels.
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Only 61 percent of adults with high cholesterol were aware of their diagnosis, according to the study.
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UAB faculty and alumni will discuss topics in occupational health at this two-day event.
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An abnormal heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation, is associated with memory and thinking problems, according to new published research.
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