Health & Medicine

The ADNP/ketamine trial was the first clinical study generated by a information gleaned from the Precision Medicine Institute’s artificial intelligence tool.

The volume of cases in the emergency department and the severity of the injuries seen by the staff provide a good training ground for nursing competitions.

The five-year project will focus on improving education and training efforts of dental students on how to care for vulnerable groups, including those undergoing substance use disorders.

The portal allows patients to communicate with their providers, track appointments and make prescription renewals.

Pelvic floor therapy provides a conservative and holistic approach to pelvic floor dysfunction, but many women do not know about the treatment. JJ Fagen, UAB Medicine’s pelvic floor therapist, discusses the benefits of pelvic floor therapy and pelvic floor exercises

Dentistry’s advances over the decade include cavity fillings without drilling, fillings that fight bacteria and 3D imaging for implants.

The Alabama Maternal Health Task Force will lead state entities, community members and maternal health experts in developing and implementing a strategic plan aimed at reducing maternal mortality and morbidity across the state.

AHA recognizes the UAB Cardiovascular Institute’s dedication to ensuring all heart failure patients have access to best practices and lifesaving care.

The clinic — supported by a $3.4 million state appropriation — is part of the UAB School of Dentistry’s innovative efforts to combat the shortage of dentists in rural areas of the state.

UAB’s new director of the Division of Urogynecology discusses pelvic organ prolapse prevention, treatment and the importance of open conversations around the condition that affects many women in the United States.

The University of Alabama System approves plan to move forward with replacing Cooper Green’s current facility with a state-of-the-art medical clinic.

The Zorro-Flow Inc. is the newest startup from the UAB Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The device is the first external catheter to collect urine effectively, safely and comfortably from critically ill female neonates and children.

UAB researchers have discovered a new way to treat melanoma by targeting CDC7 with EZH2 or BRPF1/2/3 inhibitors.

The NIH grant will advance efforts to reduce the gap between research and care of sickle cell disease.

The Tuscaloosa clinic is UAB Callahan Eye’s 18th clinic location in Alabama.

An internal decapitation is rare but not unheard of, and it takes a team to help a patient recover.

An aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall, resulting in an increase of pressure in a small area and causing the vessel to balloon.

Tips on how to successfully transition a child with disabilities from summer to fall schedules.

The new clinic targets prevention and early intervention, providing a brief, stepped care option to patients at risk for, or with, mild to moderate psychiatric and chronic health conditions.

One UAB patient uses her transformational story to spread awareness of scleroderma.

UAB Hospital re-verified as a Level I Trauma Center, marking 23 years of holding that designation.

U.S. News & World report named UAB Hospital as the best hospital in Alabama.

UAB rheumatologists will begin seeing patients at the UAB Hoover Primary Care clinic in July 2022.

UAB has the first program in the United States to offer uterus transplantation outside of a clinical research trial and is one of very few centers in the world accepting new patients.

The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB celebrates 50 years of service to the state and beyond.

All of the newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme patients enrolled in a Phase 1 clinical trial have exceeded both their median and expected progression-free survivals. Two patients, to date, have exceeded their expected overall survival.

A first-of-its-kind snakebite program at UAB aims to provide better long term treatment of venomous bites, as well as gain a better understanding of the medical consequences of snakebite.

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.