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Patient resting on a bed with pads attached around the knee.
Published more than a year ago

The diet increased quality of life, and it decreased serum levels of the adipokine leptin and a marker of oxidative stress.

Elevated view of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center building.
Published more than a year ago

The $30 million gift will go into an endowment — creating a yearly flexible fund of about $1.5 million that leadership of the cancer center and UAB School of Medicine can use in ways that best leverage further advancement of the cancer center.

UAB officials cutting a ribbon at the opening of a modernized Cancer Center facility.
Published more than a year ago

Originally built in 1975, the Wallace Tumor Institute is the hub of the Cancer Center’s research and administrative enterprise.

Published more than a year ago

Pennington has served as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Medical West since 2003.

UAB cardiologist examining a patient's back with a stethoscope.
Published more than a year ago

UAB is the only hospital in Alabama that can repair leaks around replacement heart valves using minimally invasive techniques.

Translucent blue illustration of a human heart against a black background.
Published more than a year ago

Adrenalin-suppressing beta-blockers may delay need for valve-replacement surgery if used early in a growing cause of heart disease.

Mother holding a young child who is touching her face.
Published more than a year ago

With a grant from the Gates Foundation, UAB researchers will target a bacteria blamed for birth defects in the Indian subcontinent.

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