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Preparation for an innovative, complex UAB program has been years in the making, and up to 30 “hard-to-match” patients are expected to receive organs this year.
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A genetic variant that shapes each person’s immune response contributes to the chances of developing autoimmune disease.
The 2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults contains nine recommendations for health care providers.
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Medical device advice: home blood pressure machines and the who, what and when of digital thermometers.
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Donations from the foundation to UAB total more than $10,000 to date.
Professor of Microbiology David Briles, Ph.D., and Professor of Optometry Lawrence DeLucas, O.D., Ph.D., received this high professional distinction.
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Change in key protein unleashes natural defense against major kidney disease mechanism.
A UAB study shows that minority, low-income patients with diabetes have low eye-care-utilization rates.
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More than 800 students will walk at the Dec. 14 UAB fall commencement ceremonies.
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Is a common type of heart failure an autoimmune disease?
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Santa just happens to have a lot of risk factors for diabetes, and UAB has some suggestions to keep him coming to town for a long time.
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Ford’s book presents studies of various kinds of liars, including pathological liars, con artists and people who deliberately injure themselves in order to fake illness.
UAB marks the grand opening of Alabama’s largest nuclear magnetic resonance facility.
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Weakened immune systems due to diseases like cancer cause increased risk of severe complications from the flu virus — experts advise vaccine shot, not mist.
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PNP Therapeutics, UAB and Southern Research Institute work abolishes otherwise unmanageable human cancers in preclinical rodent studies.
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A bioptic telescope, and the expertise of the UAB Driving Assessment Clinic, can help people with low vision get a driver’s license.
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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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Callahan Eye Hospital is working to bring this Birmingham visual landmark back to its initial, colorful glory after 30 years of sun exposure.
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The UAB Callahan Eye Hospital celebrates its 50th anniversary as Alabama’s only eye specialty hospital.
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Researchers at Southern Research Institute and UAB tackle five common myths about the flu, and stress the importance of getting a flu shot.