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The risk factors for stroke in the South also may be responsible for cognitive decline.

UAB faculty members serve as president, president-elect of American Society of Transplantation.

Going online can be fun and educational for kids, but there also are potentially dangerous pitfalls that abound with summertime freedom.

New research shows that reducing fat intake in our diet affects diabetes risk; findings were stronger for African Americans.

A mobile eye-care unit is rolling into the areas hardest hit by recent tornadoes to help storm victims.

The Alabama Vision Alliance has mobilized an emergency eye care bus for those affected by the storms.

Mom celebrates Mother’s Day knowing she gave teen son gift of life twice.

UAB research shows MitoQ neutralizes free radicals that lead to liver damage.

UAB geriatrician Andrew Duxbury has written a play for a senior adult theatre troupe with some important messages for older Americans.

Trauma patients throughout state transported to UAB for treatment; more expected.

Caring for storm victims’ psychological wounds important too, says UAB psychologist.

UAB is the first in the state to offer new procedure that uses thermal energy to help keep airways flowing freely.

For about $200 per child, the seven-day mortality rate for newborns in Zambia dropped by 40 percent.

Blacks, Hispanics and Asians are more likely than whites to spend their life savings to extend life; preferences could inform cancer care.

By mapping a patient’s genome, and their tumor’s, with whole-genome sequencing, physicians can use more targeted therapies.

Adding cystatin C to a diagnostic panel revealed one person in six who had chronic kidney disease that was undetected using the conventional test.

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine studies what type of exercise, and how much, is best for people with hypertension, cancer and more.

Tigatuzumab, developed at UAB with Daiichi-Sankyo, targets aggressive, hard-to-treat tumors that make up 25 percent of all breast cancers

Cosmic radiation could be problematic for future astronauts’ arteries, but research could soon inform care for Earth-bound cancer patients.
All tanning should be avoided, but you can still get a summer glow
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