Department of medicine
It is never too late for individuals to take steps to help manage their health as they age.
The finding of TREM2 as a critical regulator of macrophage-mediated fibrosis makes it a promising therapeutic target for intervention for lung fibrotic disease.
The American Heart Association’s PREVENT CVD risk equation is designed to help predict a person’s risk of a cardiovascular event during their lifetime.
The understanding of how macrophages regulate their response to toxic particles via two independent pathways could uncover therapeutic opportunities to quell inflammation.
An NLP-informed AGI clinic is a viable approach to efficiently improve the systemwide quality of care for patients with AGIs.
UAB is a stronghold at finding patients for studies, but healthy controls were harder.
UAB’s new Lunaphore COMET multiplex immunofluorescent platform can hyperplex up to 40 antibodies on a single pathology tissue sample.
Helping children develop healthy habits at a young age can help lower their risk for heart disease, stroke and other major health problems later in life.
When UAB employee Jamie Smith collapsed one morning while she was at work, UAB employees from multiple specialties stepped in to help save her life.
With a $2.47 million gift from Novo Nordisk Inc., Live HealthSmart Alabama is applying its holistic health model in Selma, Camden, Demopolis and other underserved communities.
UAB researchers reveal how managing cardiovascular risk factors can mitigate heart failure risk in Black individuals carrying the transthyretin V142I genetic variant.
UAB is ranked No. 164 based on exceptional academic research portfolio and its overall global and regional reputation.
Injecting infarcted pig hearts with specially bioengineered cells significantly decreased the infarct area and improved heart function, showing possible clinical relevance.
This study highlights how high-volume centers, where operators perform these procedures more frequently, achieve better outcomes, including lower 30-day mortality and reduced complication rates.
Heart failure is responsible for 13 percent of deaths worldwide, and half of patients die within 5 years. New therapies are needed.
UAB is combating youth tobacco use with its ninth annual award from the Alabama Department of Public Health.
The goal of this project is to reduce health disparities in colonoscopy screening and colorectal cancer outcomes for vulnerable populations in Jefferson County.
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, HEALTHe Birmingham will measure the effects of community revitalization on residents’ health.
The funding will be used in two projects to combat growing syphilis rates in men and women in underserved areas.
Findings from a new UAB study show greater levels of grandparenting intensity are not associated with greater physical activity.