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Students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham can take a break from traditional history courses — and opt for beatlemania instead. Professor Andre Millard says Beattlemania is not about the band's long list of #1 hits. "It's about that quintessential 60s experience."
What are the latest advances or significant changes in X-ray and in the X-ray market in the past year? "There has been a greater utilization of digital flat-panel X-ray receptors and the availability from an increased number of vendors has occurred. In addition, the use and availability of wireless digital flat-panel detectors has increased markedly," said Michael Yester, Ph.D., head of the physics and engineering division of the department of radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“The Face-Q is a welcome addition to my practice,” James C. Grotting, MD, a plastic surgeon in Birmingham, Ala., and clinical professor of plastic surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Wisconsin, said in a press release from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH, a geriatrician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said that the main reason he doesn't use the NOACs in his older patients is because of the lack of antidotes.
Malcovery® Security, the leader in delivering actionable threat intelligence that can be applied to neutralize email-based malicious threats, today released a white paper entitled “Fortify Your Network Protection with Actionable Intelligence using Today’s Top Threats.”
From WKRG.com News
Retired Director of the Injury Research Center at UAB Dr. Russ Fine talked about the need for helmets to be part of your emergency kit after 2011's deadly Tuscaloosa tornado--he says it's simple advice that could mean the difference between life and death.
Retired Director of the Injury Research Center at UAB Dr. Russ Fine talked about the need for helmets to be part of your emergency kit after 2011's deadly Tuscaloosa tornado--he says it's simple advice that could mean the difference between life and death.
David J. Wasserstein, a professor of Jewish History at Vanderbilt University, will lecture on “How Islam Saved the Jews” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
While there is tremendous potential for gamification in healthcare, said Joshua Klapow, PhD, a behavioral scientist and associate professor of public health at University of Alabama at Birmingham, healthcare providers must use caution.
"As soon as the weather starts to warm up, snakes begin to get active, and we begin seeing a bite or two. Still, we only see a few each spring, and people have a much greater chance of being stung by a bee or wasp or being bitten by a tick than being bitten by a snake," said said Janyce Sanford, M.D., chair of the UAB Department of Emergency Medicine.
A commentary published by the UAB Injury Control Research Center suggests helmets may prevent injury or death and should be an essential addition to an individual's tornado safety preparations.
The scientific aspect of the Dalai Lama's visit is a natural for the Tibetan religious leader. Since his childhood in Lhasa before the Chinese invasion of Tibet and his exile to Dharamsala, India, the Dalai Lama has been interested in such subjects as subatomic physics, cosmology, biology and psychology.
A near-capacity crowd watched about 600 students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) receive undergraduate or master's degrees at Bartow Arena on campus at this morning. It was the first of two commencement ceremonies to be held today at Bartow.
The UAB School of Engineering will hold the final round of a robot sumo, or "sumobot," competition in the lobby at the Business-Engineering Complex on campus. Engineering students built robots especially for this event, and the designs fight it out in a sumo ring on the lobby floor.
We still need more research to understand the benefits of 'early entry into the dental care system' as well as barriers to the receipt of oral care," Justin Blackburn of the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health told Reuters Health.
According to a study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business, e-commerce accounted for a tax loss of $274 million last year. The study predicts $282 million in 2014.
The Birmingham Music Club Guild has announced the winners of its 2014 scholarship competition. In the piano division, Aleksandra Kasman, a freshman at UAB, won first prize. Taking second place was John Tootle, a sophomore at the University of Alabama and student of Kevin Chance. First place in the instrumental division went to Andrew Stadler, a sophomore trumpet student of Eric Yates at the University of Alabama.
In previously published clinical trials, amifampridine has been shown to reduce neuromuscular weakness and symptoms of autonomic dysfunction in LEMS patients while being well tolerated, said Shin J. Oh, MD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. I am pleased that the company will be able to make its drug available to patients, who need it, while diligently pursuing FDA approval.
From The Daily Beast
It has been estimated that a mere 1 percent of Ancient Egypt’s wonders have been discovered. Dr. Sarah Parcak is determined to change that, using satellites to scan and search under the sands, where she has already found cities, temples, and pyramids.
It has been estimated that a mere 1 percent of Ancient Egypt’s wonders have been discovered. Dr. Sarah Parcak is determined to change that, using satellites to scan and search under the sands, where she has already found cities, temples, and pyramids.
Malcovery was launched in early 2013 as a result of an exclusive, worldwide license from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and based on research in cyber forensics conducted at the Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research (CIA|JFR) at UAB, Malcovery has quickly gained commercial success with many Fortune 500 enterprise customers such as eBay, Facebook, IBM, Citi, LinkedIn, Assurant, and Visa.
Fredéric Gros, a best-selling French author and professor of political philosophy, will speak at UAB on Saturday night regarding the subject of walking.
The UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center (SRC) is 50 years old this week, and the anniversary will be commemorated with several events, including a career fair, a symposium on traumatic brain injury and the recognition of former patients and employees.