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  • How a UAB lab tracks risky COVID-19 variants, and why that matters
    How a UAB lab tracks risky COVID-19 variants, and why that matters
  • Opioid overdoses are surging, but 'we have the tools to help,' UAB doctor says
    Opioid overdoses are surging, but 'we have the tools to help,' UAB doctor says
  • Trial studying technique to clear ‘brain fog’ after COVID-19
    Trial studying technique to clear ‘brain fog’ after COVID-19

Patient Care

May 09, 2016

UAB joins national research partnership to innovate health care

  • New grafts, seat belts, more recovery: Expert updates on treating and preventing ACL injuries Advances
    New grafts, seat belts, more recovery: Expert updates on treating and preventing ACL injuries

    Each year, some 100,000 Americans have surgery to repair the knee’s anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL. But treatment and prevention best practices continue to evolve. Hear from a surgeon and a physical therapist on the latest thinking at UAB.

    posted 16 days ago
  • Inside a high-tech heart clinic, doctors look to the past for clues to the future Advances
    Inside a high-tech heart clinic, doctors look to the past for clues to the future

    The Cardiogenomics Clinic at UAB, one of only two in the Southeast, uses genetic testing to develop a personalized plan for patients at risk of hereditary cardiovascular conditions. “We’re not just treating one patient, but the whole family,” doctors say.

    posted a while back
  • No filling, no drilling: An expert’s guide to the top tooth tech of 2022 Advances
    No filling, no drilling: An expert’s guide to the top tooth tech of 2022

    Modern dentists can fix early cavities with resin, use bioactive materials to defend fillings from bacteria and print new retainers on demand. Learn what these innovations mean for patients and why the UAB School of Dentistry is a go-to destination for testing the latest. 

    posted a while back
  • New snakebite program at UAB, one of the nation’s first, offers cutting-edge care Advances
    New snakebite program at UAB, one of the nation’s first, offers cutting-edge care
    After the emergency has passed, where can a snakebite survivor go for answers on healing? UAB’s follow-up clinic, launched in 2021, is part of a comprehensive program evaluating new diagnostics, coordinated care and other innovations.
    posted a while back
  • 3D Problem-Solving means listening, tearing down silos and sending people home happy Advances
    3D Problem-Solving means listening, tearing down silos and sending people home happy

    UAB Hospital’s Clinical Practice Transformation group has developed a unique method for helping teams come together to create change and boost employee satisfaction. Although it was designed for health care, it can work in any setting, they say.

    posted a while back
  • Testing a promising treatment for functional seizures in children Advances
    Testing a promising treatment for functional seizures in children
    Clinical psychologist Aaron Fobian, Ph.D., has developed a therapy for this debilitating condition that she is now testing in a major NIH-sponsored clinical trial.
    posted a while back
  • Opioid overdoses are surging, but 'we have the tools to help,' UAB doctor says Advances
    Opioid overdoses are surging, but 'we have the tools to help,' UAB doctor says

    Medications to treat opioid use disorder include methadone, naltrexone and buprenorphine. Leah Leisch, M.D., medical director of Substance Use Services at UAB Beacon Recovery Services, explains how each is used and prescribed.

    posted a while back
  • Medicine without the mileage Advances
    Medicine without the mileage

    2020 was the year for telehealth: Pandemic safety restrictions led to a 2,000% increase in telehealth patient volume for UAB eMedicine this past year and saved patients more than a quarter of a million hours of travel time.

    posted a while back
  • How a UAB lab tracks risky COVID-19 variants, and why that matters Advances
    How a UAB lab tracks risky COVID-19 variants, and why that matters

    Skills and sequencing combine to gather the first data on the UK variant in Alabama in Pathology’s Fungal Reference Laboratory.

    posted a while back
  • Simulations help vaccine rollout and cut the wait in UAB clinics Advances
    Simulations help vaccine rollout and cut the wait in UAB clinics

    Before patients arrive, experts use computer models to design the safest, most efficient workflows for staff and providers and reduce wait times.

    posted a while back
  • Trial studying technique to clear ‘brain fog’ after COVID-19 Advances
    Trial studying technique to clear ‘brain fog’ after COVID-19

    Constraint-Induced Therapy, developed at UAB and used worldwide to help patients regain function after stroke, will be tested as therapy for patients with cognitive difficulties following COVID-19 infection.

    posted a while back
  • Five lies keeping you awake at night Advances
    Five lies keeping you awake at night

    Behavioral sleep medicine specialist Justin Thomas, Ph.D., answers one of Google’s most-searched questions of 2020: “Why can’t I fall asleep?”

    posted a while back
  • Fauci, Neuzil explain what we’ve learned about COVID-19 and where we stand on vaccines Advances
    Fauci, Neuzil explain what we’ve learned about COVID-19 and where we stand on vaccines

    In keynote addresses at UAB’s COVID-19 Research Symposium, Anthony Fauci, M.D., and Kathleen Neuzil, M.D., shared the latest science on how COVID-19 spreads and the safety and efficacy of vaccines in late-stage trials.

    posted a while back
  • Diagnosed or been exposed to COVID-19? New studies are testing desperately needed therapies. Advances
    Diagnosed or been exposed to COVID-19? New studies are testing desperately needed therapies.

    Clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma offer new options to outpatients in the first days after a COVID-19 diagnosis.

    posted a while back
  • New studies test convalescent plasma for COVID-19 treatment — and prevention Advances
    New studies test convalescent plasma for COVID-19 treatment — and prevention

    UAB is enrolling patients as part of randomized controlled trials that experts say are necessary to prove the efficacy of the much-discussed COVID-19 treatment.

    posted a while back
  • Should you get COVID antibody testing? And what do the results mean? UAB experts respond. Advances
    Should you get COVID antibody testing? And what do the results mean? UAB experts respond.

    Many people are looking to antibody tests for peace of mind. But the results aren’t actionable at this point, an infectious diseases expert says. Learn more about UAB’s current and future antibody testing efforts.

    posted a while back
  • Convalescent plasma therapy is treating coronavirus patients in UAB research Advances
    Convalescent plasma therapy is treating coronavirus patients in UAB research

    UAB is part of several trials to test whether an infusion of antibodies from people who have beaten COVID-19 can help those dealing with infection or at risk for infection. Donors are needed.

    posted a while back
  • Coronavirus antibody testing now is available at UAB. Here’s what that means — and what it doesn’t. Advances
    Coronavirus antibody testing now is available at UAB. Here’s what that means — and what it doesn’t.

    Antibody testing can reveal if a person has been exposed to the novel coronavirus in the past. More research needs to be done before we know if that means they are “protected” from COVID-19.

    posted a while back
  • ‘People want to tell their stories’: UAB chaplains keep connecting through COVID–19 Patient Care
    ‘People want to tell their stories’: UAB chaplains keep connecting through COVID–19

    As UAB Hospital copes with coronavirus, Pastoral Care chaplains walk the halls to support “a lot of really tired, amazing employees.”

    posted a while back
  • See how health tech is cutting miles and changing lives across Alabama Advances
    See how health tech is cutting miles and changing lives across Alabama

    Wireless glucose monitors, HD cameras and talking scales: UAB eMedicine has saved Alabamians nearly 200,000 miles of driving and sliced stroke treatment times for rural patients from hours to minutes. 

    posted a while back
  • CRRT dialysis in the ICU — what patients and families want to know Advances
    CRRT dialysis in the ICU — what patients and families want to know

    Nephrologist Ashita Tolwani, M.D., is internationally renowned for her expertise in continuous renal replacement therapy. UAB’s CRRT Queen explains this powerful, complex therapy and how UAB became a global leader in the field.

    posted a while back
  • As molecular testing changes patient care, UAB lab aims to set the standard Advances
    As molecular testing changes patient care, UAB lab aims to set the standard

    The Precision Diagnostics Laboratory effort, led by Craig Mackinnon, M.D., Ph.D., will support surgeons, oncologists and other clinicians with the latest tests and custom assays, starting with gene panels for cancer and drug metabolism that return answers in hours, not weeks.

    posted a while back
  • Open source: How data scientist Liz Worthey is bringing precision medicine to the people Advances
    Open source: How data scientist Liz Worthey is bringing precision medicine to the people

    A decade ago, Liz Worthey’s computational skills saved a life and earned her a profile in a Pulitzer-winning article. Now at UAB, this new recruit is creating tools and building collaborations to transform these extraordinary efforts into a routine part of patient care.

    posted a while back
  • Now see this: Myopia control can slash the toll of nearsightedness Advances
    Now see this: Myopia control can slash the toll of nearsightedness

    Special contact lenses or eye drops can reduce a patient’s final prescription by half in the School of Optometry’s Myopia Control Clinic. That means thinner lenses and also a much lower risk of serious eye problems, including glaucoma and cataracts.

    posted a while back
  • New clinic to help medically at-risk women prevent pregnancy Advances
    New clinic to help medically at-risk women prevent pregnancy

    Physicians in the Complex Contraception Clinic can develop a temporary or permanent contraception plan for women battling other health conditions.

    posted a while back
  • UAB Hospital again highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report Honors
    UAB Hospital again highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report

    Four medical specialties are ranked in the top 20 in the nation, and six more are ranked in the top 50.

    posted a while back
  • Art therapy helps liberate emotions when words fail Patient Care
    Art therapy helps liberate emotions when words fail
    Only 12 art therapists in Alabama are credentialed, and UAB is home to two of those — EACC Counselor Carrie Ezell and Christianne Strang, a neurobiologist.
    posted a while back
  • UAB joins national research partnership to innovate health care Patient Care
    UAB joins national research partnership to innovate health care
    UAB is one of 18 sites in a national network to advance interprofessional practice and education through simulation.
    posted a while back
  • Researcher to explore unexpected fertility among women with CF Patient Care
    Researcher to explore unexpected fertility among women with CF
    A new drug hailed as a game-changer in the cystic fibrosis community is improving life expectancies for patients — and unplanned pregnancies among women who believed CF made them infertile. Nursing Assistant Professor Sigrid Ladores, Ph.D., is undertaking a study to provide a roadmap for more comprehensive care for their reproductive health. For Ladores, this is personal.
    posted a while back
  • UAB leads Alabama universities in U.S. News global rankings Patient Care
    UAB leads Alabama universities in U.S. News global rankings
    UAB was first in Alabama, among the top 75 universities in the nation and No. 200 in the world, according to the 2016 Best Global Universities ranked by US News and World Report. Microbiology, immunology and clinical medicine programs ranked in the top 50.
    posted a while back
  • UAB expands downtown urgent care facility Patient Care
    UAB expands downtown urgent care facility
    Six new exam rooms were added and additional staff have been hired to expedite care and reduce wait times at UAB Medicine Urgent Care, located at 125 20th St. South, Suite 103. Hours are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
    posted a while back
  • Newsweek includes 21 UAB physicians among its 'Top Cancer Docs' Patient Care
    Newsweek includes 21 UAB physicians among its 'Top Cancer Docs'
    Twenty-one UAB physicians are included in Newsweek’s list of more than 2,600 leading cancer specialists in America. “We know that our physicians are some of the best in the world, but now the world knows it too,” said Edward Partridge, director of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.
    posted a while back
  • New clinic offers hope for patients with rare spinal cord disease Patient Care
    New clinic offers hope for patients with rare spinal cord disease
    UAB has established the third multidisciplinary comprehensive clinic in the world for transverse myelitis, which can cause loss of motor function or paralysis. It will provide a place each patient can see all the medical professionals who have a role in their care at one time and in one place.
    posted a while back
  • Investigators intent on improving quality of life among women with cancer Patient Care
    Investigators intent on improving quality of life among women with cancer
    UAB physicians are assessing ways to improve coordination between women's health providers to deliver more comprehensive care for those undergoing surgery for endometrial cancer. New surgical protocols that combine reconstruction could offer a longtime improvement in quality of life, researchers say.
    posted a while back
  • UAB Baseball helps Mississippi family cope with loss of father, husband Patient Care
    UAB Baseball helps Mississippi family cope with loss of father, husband

    At a time when a young boy needed a friend and a role model, UAB students stepped up to help provide that for him.
    posted a while back
  • Kaul gift to help launch personalized medicine Patient Care
    Kaul gift to help launch personalized medicine
    UAB’s new Personalized Medicine Institute will use a $7 million gift from the Hugh Kaul Foundation to advance this emerging discipline, which uses an individual’s own genetic profile to prevent, diagnose and treat disease.
    posted a while back
  • Nursing receives grant to open heart-failure clinic Patient Care
    Nursing receives grant to open heart-failure clinic
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing has received a $1.5 million Nurse Education Practice Quality Retention grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to open a new nurse-managed, population-based, transitional care clinic for heart-failure patients recently discharged from UAB Hospital.
    posted a while back
  • Nation’s longest kidney transplant chain reaches 34 Patient Care
    Nation’s longest kidney transplant chain reaches 34
    The UAB kidney chain, which began December 2013 and expects more transplants in January 2015, ‘showcases the power of the human spirit in every aspect.’
    posted a while back
  • UAB provides care, support to sickest patients where they need it Patient Care
    UAB provides care, support to sickest patients where they need it

    The UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care is reaching out to seriously ill patients in the community through its ambulatory care program to improve quality of care and create better outcomes. 

    posted a while back
  • Mom of NFL player is 28th link in nation’s longest kidney chain Patient Care
    Mom of NFL player is 28th link in nation’s longest kidney chain
    Estella Floyd, mother of Indianapolis Colts cornerback and special teams star Loucheiz Purifoy, got to see her son for the first time since May recently when he visited home on a bye week. It was also the first time he had seen her since she received a new kidney as a link in the UAB Kidney Chain.
    posted a while back
 
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