Alabama is one of 10 U.S. states with the highest rates of short sleep duration.

The financial impact of COVID-19 has tremendously devastated the millennial generation following the previous decade’s recession.

Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke.

A UAB communications expert explains how communication skills have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine.

In a new trial funded through UAB’s urgent COVID-19 research program, investigators are comparing the widely available steroid methylprednisolone with dexamethasone, which lowered risk of dying by one-third in a U.K. trial this summer.

The UAB Health System/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance has seen both organizations named to the third-annual NRC Health Top 100 Consumer Loyalty list, the first and only loyalty-based hospital rankings that recognize the top U.S. health care organizations for earning exceptional loyalty ratings from their patient populations.

Low or limited health literacy is common among adults in the United States and may affect health outcomes in many ways, according to the government’s Healthy People 2020.

In our university/non-clinical enterprise, UAB is aware of 148 students (0.67% of our student body) and 91 faculty and staff (1.5% of that total population) who tested positive in 2020. For the non-clinical enterprise, this is a total of 239 total positive cases this year.

Soft drink consumption is a likely predictor of aggressive behavior, according to a new study from UAB.

Amy Goss, Ph.D., RDN, says egg consumption can be incorporated into the diet in a healthful way without adversely impacting blood cholesterol in older adults.

Many individuals with hearing impairment, no matter the degree, use some degree of lip-reading while communicating.

UAB and Polish researchers propose that the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA “sponge” to deplete miRNA levels in ways that aid viral replication and stymie the host immune response.

UAB’s Harsvardhan Singh, Ph.D., says typically, there is no concern if there is no pain associated with knee cracks.

The drug candidate is a non-toxic small molecule that given orally effectively rescued mice from models of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

A grant to the UAB stroke center will help maximize a state health department effort to better manage strokes in Alabama.

Some of the sickest patients with COVID-19 need a ventilator to breathe. Here is what that means.

Reid Jones, a longtime UAB Health System leader, has been named CEO of UAB Medicine.

This study was done in mice and with a novel, tissue-engineered, three-dimensional breast cancer mimetic system.

While the average fluid lost from our bodies does turn out to be around 8 cups a day, you do not need to replace all of it with plain old water.

New evidence for sex disparity in liver transplants suggests a change may be needed in how livers are allocated.