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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced Tuesday it will establish a new Institute for Human Rights, one that school officials say can build on the Magic City's increasing reputation as a center for the study of civil rights and social justice.
In a world where getting that first job out of college is no easy task, Suzanne Scott-Trammell, executive director of career and professional development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said internships are critical.
Methotrexate -- the inexpensive anchor drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis -- isn't being used optimally today, with few patients switching from the oral to the subcutaneous formulation or adding a second conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) before turning to a biologic, researchers found.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have shed new light on how cells called gliomas migrate in the brain and cause devastating tumors. The findings, published June 19, 2014 in Nature Communications, show that gliomas — malignant glial cells — disrupt normal neural connections and hijack control of blood vessels.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology are teaming to form the Center for Genomic Medicine.
Organizers of the new Institute for Human Rights at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have expressed the hope that it will help attract world-class teachers, researchers and students who passionate about human and civil rights.
A study in the July issue of Anesthesiology revealed that patients who receive a simple, multicolor, standardized medication instruction sheet before surgery are more likely to comply with their physician's instructions and experience a significantly shorter post-op stay in recovery.
Funding and support for the app came from the Women's Breast Health Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, as part of an effort to improve quality of life for breast cancer survivors and their loved ones. The leader of the project is Debbie Walker, DNP, assistant professor in UAB's School of Nursing. Walker noted that although the developers originally designed the app for patients with breast cancer, it touches on issues important to patients with other types of cancer as well.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure increases your risk of heart failure, stroke and heart attack. About one in three Americans has high blood pressure, and only half of those have their condition under control, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ragib Hasan, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, launched a Facebook group to address the problem. Ragib is a pioneer of Bangla Wikipedia since 2006, and is the founder of the first and largest open online education platform in Bangla. The site, Shikkhok.com, won a number of awards – including the 2013 Google RISE Award.
The Alys Stephens Center's opening summer event will not only celebrate the summer solstice, it will host local vendors, local brews and local musicians at an event titled, appropriately, LOCAL.
The findings emphasized how much remains unknown about cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes, commented Fernando Ovalle, MD, director of the Comprehensive Diabetes Center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The study found an additional two hours a day of sedentary behavior was linked to an 8% increase in colon cancer risk, a 10% increase in endometrial cancer risk and a 6% increase in risk for lung cancer. It did not find the same connection for breast, rectum, ovary and prostate cancers or for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
"Physician anesthesiologists are responsible for assessing and optimizing patients' preoperative medications, including maximizing their compliance with physicians' instructions. Our effort to enhance patients' understanding of medication use before surgery is important and can increase patient satisfaction by more actively engaging them in their own health care," said Thomas Vetter, M.D., M.P.H., ASA member and study lead author, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD, the associate director for cancer prevention and control in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, says better diet and increased physical function are means to an end — to keep cancer survivors living independently for as long as possible.
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD, the associate director for cancer prevention and control in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, says better diet and increased physical function are means to an end — to keep cancer survivors living independently for as long as possible.
Under the direction of first-year coach Alan Murray, who was promoted at Alabama-Birmingham after three years as a men’s assistant, the Blazers improved from a No. 55 ranking in 2013 to No. 12 this spring. Each player in the starting lineup improved his national ranking, and the Blazers were ranked in the top 10 for most of the season.
The institute, one of several recently approved by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees, will use various technologies and scientific methods to create new research, education and outreach programs that relate to all aspects of human rights
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine has formed two new institutes, the Personalized Medicine Institute and the Institute for Informatics, with plans to bring together scientists, researchers and physicians across disciplines to find new ways to provide care for diseases and disorders while making UAB more likely to receive research grants within a competitive industry.
With only a handful of facilities in the nation capable of matching HudsonAlpha's capacity for conducting genomic sequencing for large groups patients, it greatly expands UAB's capacity to use genomic testing in medical care at its hospitals.
UAB's Health Careers Opportunity Program helped middle- and high school students create their own fictitious brand of toothpaste and develop a commercial to market it. Students showcased their creativity, marketing, and video skills through product design and a commercial they wrote, shot, and edited
The third annual Smart Cities event — organized by the UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center — focused on ways to make Birmingham a smarter, more livable city. About 300 people attended, including architects, engineers, planners, academics, politicians, neighborhood leaders and public transit advocates.