News | UAB

Leeth named UAB School of Medicine assistant dean for strategic planning

As a member of the School of Medicine senior leadership team, Toni Leeth will work to ensure growth goals outlined in AMC21, the UAB Medicine strategic plan, are being met.

Tagged under

school of medicine

UAB’s Szaflarski named to epilepsy research committee

This group, newly established as an AES committee, is charged with promoting and tracking progress in areas targeted as potential epilepsy benchmarks by NINDS.

Tagged under

Heudebert elected master by American College of Physicians

Assistant dean of Graduate Medical Education says election to post a “huge honor” for him professionally.

Tagged under

Bariatric surgery safe for teens, new study finds

The largest-ever multicenter, prospective study on the safety of bariatric surgery among adolescents finds they face few short-term complications.

Tagged under

school of medicine

“He’s pretty spunky” — anesthesia comes of age during the Civil War

The story of the use of anesthesia in the Civil War, from the very different experiences of a private and a general, according to the world’s first academic anesthesiology history unit.

Tagged under

Spinal cord injury research program receives gift

The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, housed at UAB, estimates that there are 270,000 people living with spinal cord injury in the United States.

Tagged under

Anti-aging strategies can improve more than looks

UAB experts have advice on how to slow aging, and how this can help with appearance and self-esteem.

Tagged under

Diabetes doesn’t mean kids have to skip Halloween

Counting carbs, exchanging candy for other treats and saving it for dessert are all alternatives for parents to consider.

Tagged under

UAB ballroom dance study enrolling cancer survivors

Ballroom-dance intervention seeks to improve health, relationships for women with reproductive cancers and their partners – participants receive free dance lessons.

Tagged under

Cell powerhouses shape risk of heart disease

Mitochondrial DNA determines oxidant levels and may further explain why some people get sick and others don’t.

Tagged under

UAB offers CT scan for early detection of lung cancer

Following evidence that CT scans can be a reliable screening tool for early detection of lung cancer, UAB becomes the first hospital in Birmingham to offer that service.

Tagged under

Early onset obesity predicts heart disease development

How early obesity develops and how long someone is obese significantly impacts the development of coronary artery calcification.

Tagged under

UAB to study link between sleep and pain in knee osteoarthritis

UAB researchers are launching a study to look at the links between sleep and pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Tagged under

UAB announces co-chairs, theme for its largest-ever fundraising campaign

UAB announces co-chairs and the theme of its ambitious five-year philanthropic campaign.

Tagged under

NORC scientist awarded Fellow status in national society

Fellowship is the highest class of membership within GSA, which strives to promote multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research in aging and disseminate gerontological knowledge.

Tagged under