Health and medicine

Her leg broke at mile 16 of a marathon. Thanks to UAB Orthopaedics, she was racing again in seven months.

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.

Radiofrequency ablation precisely delivers heat energy that can destroy lesions within the brain that are the cause of seizures.

Seth Wharton, 44, received a double heart-valve replacement at UAB in 1990.

Luxturna uses a non-disease-causing virus to deliver a normal copy of the RPE65 gene to retinal cells, enabling them to make proteins capable of improving and preserving visual function.

UAB-led national study shows using blood pressure medication to treat pregnant women with chronic hypertension improves pregnancy outcomes, including a decrease in severe preeclampsia and preterm birth.

Diane Bishop creates care packages for other aortic patients to equip them with the supplies they need to take control of their health.

Pregnant women will receive a 4D ultrasound, clinical evaluation and personalized physical activity plan through the new Exercise in Pregnancy Clinic.

UAB’s Megan Hays, Ph.D., shares how to overcome common negative thinking traps by using cognitive behavioral therapy.

Symptoms of heart valve disease often go undetected or dismissed as a normal part of aging. Patient Karen Hay was unaware and says the procedure at UAB to repair the valve saved her life.
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