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Professor Michael Saag, M.D., and colleagues created HCVguidelines.org, to ensure recommendations can be updated as soon as new data emerge and new therapies are approved. Hepatitis C virus is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer.

An entire cyber-crime economy has emerged, which is constantly improving its tactics and becoming more effective and efficient. The first step in protecting yourself is to understand you are a target. Read more in IT's February newsletter.
Experimental tools for determining how, when and why particular tissue or organ molecules act in the body were not sophisticated enough to determine exactly where they are produced or where they accumulate to function. Until now. The UAB-created matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry, or MALDI-IMS, has implications in critical research initiatives for many diseases, including cancer, chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases and age-related degenerative diseases.
There now is an app with everything you need to know about UAB, from finding classes or a colleague to tracking your path to graduation. You can find a campus map, directory, Blackboard, news, sports and more all in the palm of your hand.
The inappropriate use of antibiotics in emergency departments persists even as concerns about antibiotic resistance continue to mount, says a UAB study published online in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

UAB has launched UAB Weight Loss Medicine, the only program in the Southeast to offer a multidisciplinary, medical approach to weight management, to address a consistent rise in the regional rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension.

The UAB Philosophy Department will lead public discussions on life's big questions. Assistant Professor Josh May will lead the discussion to be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Spencers Honors House. For each discussion, a member of the department will start things off with a 15-minute presentation of the topic to be followed by an open discussion. Direct questions to Kevin McCain, Ph.D.
It is not uncommon for prison inmates to claim that a spiritual experience has changed their nature and made them a better person. Kent Kerley, Ph.D., associate professor in the  Department of Justice Sciences, has heard these stories and examined religion-based programs to discover the effect they have on inmates who are still imprisoned. His findings will be published next month in his book, “Religious Faith in Correctional Contexts.”
Our Retiree Resources Program provides information on temporary assignments, volunteer opportunities and more for UAB retirees. And the newly added Search Firm Guidelines includes step-by-step checklists and resource documents that may be helpful when seeking hiring assistance.
Alabama-based Oral Arts has provided the School of Dentistry's student lab with the newest technology available, including applications such as CAD/CAM for software for milling dental pros­theses and restorations.
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