Department of medicine
The NIH grant will advance efforts to reduce the gap between research and care of sickle cell disease.
Implementing a consistent and simple routine can help with a smooth transition into a new school year and alleviate stress and anxiety in children and adolescents.
Women who have never smoked have smaller lung airways than men do, leading to higher risk for COPD.
One UAB patient uses her transformational story to spread awareness of scleroderma.
U.S. News & World report named UAB Hospital as the best hospital in Alabama.
UAB rheumatologists will begin seeing patients at the UAB Hoover Primary Care clinic in July 2022.
The designated partners have shown their commitment to their employees by promoting a healthy lifestyle. They encourage employees to take physical activity breaks, offer tips for healthy eating, host health and wellness sessions for team members, and more.
Ascension St. Vincent’s Chilton is now home to a tele-critical care and tele-stroke unit.
UAB experts provide ways seniors can take and maintain control of their health in several areas of wellness.
This therapy, using sustained release of nitric oxide, may be a novel, efficient and safe way to prevent and treat multiple metabolic diseases.
Live HealthSmart Alabama has taken its signature keys — healthy eating, prevention and wellness, physical activity, and education — to create and implement initiatives at all levels within the institution.
UAB nutrition experts provide five practical ways you can start living a healthier life.
UAB primary care providers discuss screenings, immunizations, diet, exercise and other women’s health-related illnesses.
The monoclonal antibody cocktail is deliverable via a nasal dose, and it is also effective against SARS, MERS and several coronavirus cold viruses. The antibodies are engineered for long-acting effectiveness, potentially lasting a year or more when used in humans.
Traditional markers of cardiometabolic health may be lower in Black individuals, but the development of diabetes is more common in those with African ancestry.
Benefits of the blood pressure medication verapamil include delayed disease progression, lowered insulin requirements and preservation of some beta cell function.
Consortium led by UAB researchers in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and School of Public Health received additional funding to further study chronic hypertension and preeclampsia epigenetics participants enrolled in the CHAP trial.
The Cardiogenomics Clinic uses a patient’s genetic history to help develop a personalized treatment plan based on their genetic results.
For those who had COVID-19, lingering heart problems can complicate their recovery. UAB experts address common concerns that people have with their heart health after COVID-19.
A detailed mechanistic study unravels how the bacterial endotoxin LPS prevents or promotes allergic disease.