Department of medicine

Diet matters when it comes to depression. Teens who have a high-sodium, low-potassium diet are at a higher risk of depression.

Airway fractal dimension gives added prognostic information over traditional CT scan measures in COPD.

Fouad’s winning proposal is a comprehensive approach to fixing Alabama’s complex health problems and includes 90 partners on her team from government, business, education and more.

The clinic is an initiative of Building Healthy Communities, a project of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center

Significant novel findings published by UAB researchers established verapamil as a successful therapeutic approach to target loss of beta cell function caused by Type 1 diabetes.

A diabetes drug suggests potential therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, based on research with human lung fibroblasts and a mouse model of lung fibrosis.

A UAB Infectious Diseases physician discusses bacteria found in food-borne illnesses and why you should wash your hands.

Lower blood pressure target of 120 mm Hg greatly reduces cardiovascular complications and deaths in older adults.

Adrenalin-suppressing beta-blockers may delay need for valve-replacement surgery if used early in a growing cause of heart disease.

Newly named condition, “isolated diastolic hypotension,” can be difficult to treat while increasing risk of death.