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[Leslie] Wayne's art lies somewhere between paint and sculpture. In fact, in the works she will exhibit in "Mind the Gap," opening June 6 at UAB's Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, the paint is the sculpture.
The introduction of targeted therapy has transformed the care of patients with lung cancers by incorporating tumor genotyping into treatment decisions. Adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer, is diagnosed in 130,000 patients in the United States and 1 million persons worldwide each year.
Sarah Parcak, an archaeologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is practicing what may be the most high-tech method of tracking looted sites and antiquities, using satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe, a satellite company, and Google Earth to identify what she calls "hot spots." Tracking regions where looting occurs, she says, may help law enforcement and officials identify looted artifacts before they turn up for sale.
Using the data they've collected on nest temperatures, nest locations, and nest timing since 1998, scientists with the Mexican government (CONANP) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) can try to prepare the turtles for a warmer future.
When comparing the highest versus the lowest levels of between-visit variability in systolic blood pressure readings, there were greater risks of coronary heart disease, stroke, hospitalization for heart failure, and all-cause death through a maximum of 5.7 years of follow-up, according to Paul Muntner, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health.
UAB Medicine Urgent Care will open to treat non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries at the end of May or beginning of June, according to sources close to the project.
"Measles is a serious, at times, deadly disease," Dr. Stephen Russell said. Russell works at UAB Health Center in Moody. He says the cases are growing at an alarming rate. The symptoms are not easy to deal with.
At UAB this weekend, school children from the Birmingham area will be given the chance to play scientists, mad or not, and have fun doing it. The first Mad Scientist Day will take place at the Chemistry Building on campus.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded [Dr. Ragib Hasan, researcher and director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Secure and Trustworthy computing lab] over half a million dollars to develop software and a mobile app for location provenance, which helps people securely record and then prove their physical location history on any given day.
Guess what? If your bathroom has the sink and toilet in one room, and you flush with the lid open, there is fecal matter on everything within a 5 to 6 foot radius. Flushing aerosolizes your poop, depositing bacteria like Escherichia coli, or E. coli, directly onto your toothbrush —a nd brushing with an E. coli-loaded instrument could make you sick. “This bacteria is associated with gastrointestinal disease,” says Dr. Maria Geisinger, DDS, an assistant professor and periodontist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
From The Washington Post
Sarah Parcak, an archaeologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is practicing what may be the most high-tech method of tracking looted sites and antiquities, using satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe, a satellite company, and Google Earth to identify what she calls “hot spots.”
Sarah Parcak, an archaeologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is practicing what may be the most high-tech method of tracking looted sites and antiquities, using satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe, a satellite company, and Google Earth to identify what she calls “hot spots.”
The National Institute of Child Health and Development awarded Dr. June Cho, assistant professor in the UAB School of Nursing, a grant of $1.72 million over a five year period to continue her research on the health and development of infants born preterm.
Dr. Ragib Hasan, the director of University of Alabama at Birmingham's Secure and Trustworthy computing lab, describes the role that data mining can play in crime-fighting.
The poll, conducted by UAB Professor Larry Powell for the Alabama Forestry Association, shows 30 percent of voters in the 6th Congressional District are undecided.
Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter placement via fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guidance experienced significantly fewer complications at 1 year post-insertion than did patients whose catheters were placed laparoscopically.
Bacterial and viral are the more prevalent and commonly discussed forms of meningitis, but one infectious disease expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says fungal meningitis stemming from Cryptococcus is the true “hidden epidemic” needing more attention — as it is deadly if it goes undiagnosed.
Smoking cigarettes is the single most avoidable cause of disease, disability and death in the United States, according to Dr. William Bailey of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Palliative Care.
Talented high-school students from across the state will come to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) this Saturday to test their computer programming skills.
One’s career options following graduation are largely dictated by their school and academic focus of choice – a fact which speaks to the importance of educational comparison shopping in this era of trillion dollar student loan debts.
From Netdoktor.de, Germany