Seth Wharton, 44, received a double heart-valve replacement at UAB in 1990.

Live HealthSmart Alabama has taken its signature keys — healthy eating, prevention and wellness, physical activity, and education — to create and implement initiatives at all levels within the institution.

Incorporating stretching in your daily routine can significantly improve your flexibility and range of motion and help manage stress.

Luxturna uses a non-disease-causing virus to deliver a normal copy of the RPE65 gene to retinal cells, enabling them to make proteins capable of improving and preserving visual function.

The UAB Cardiogenomics Clinic provides genetic testing and counseling for a gene variant associated with a risk of heart failure and death.

New $78 million Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building will accelerate advancements in precision medicine, informatics and data sciences — areas that represent the future of modern health care.

UAB has been awarded for its superior CAR-T therapy program services and leadership.

UAB-led national study shows using blood pressure medication to treat pregnant women with chronic hypertension improves pregnancy outcomes, including a decrease in severe preeclampsia and preterm birth.

COVID-related acute kidney injury peaked in 10- to 15-year-olds and 70- to 75-year-olds, suggesting age is not the sole determinant in severity of illness from COVID-19.

UAB graduate and professional programs are well represented in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.

A UAB study shows that bone marrow transplant recipients have a shorter lifespan as compared to their counterparts.

UAB nutrition experts provide five practical ways you can start living a healthier life.

UAB primary care providers discuss screenings, immunizations, diet, exercise and other women’s health-related illnesses.

The monoclonal antibody cocktail is deliverable via a nasal dose, and it is also effective against SARS, MERS and several coronavirus cold viruses. The antibodies are engineered for long-acting effectiveness, potentially lasting a year or more when used in humans.

UAB patients with stage 4 cancer now have more options for treatments.

COVID-19 changed the way we communicate, care for others, educate our children, work and more. Experts from UAB weigh in on these changes.

The new location offers a wide range of comprehensive and specialty eye services to patients in and around the city of Pelham.

UAB has been recognized as one of just 13 institutions ranked as national leaders in racial and gender diversity representation in leadership.

The fields of neuroengineering and brain-computer interfaces could have a tremendous impact on a number of neurologic conditions, such as stroke, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson’s disease, dementia and other brain diseases.

Traditional markers of cardiometabolic health may be lower in Black individuals, but the development of diabetes is more common in those with African ancestry.

Benefits of the blood pressure medication verapamil include delayed disease progression, lowered insulin requirements and preservation of some beta cell function.

Organ donors save lives and help advance medical research.

Student-led study shows that those with autism spectrum disorder present difficulties in time estimation abilities while driving.

This month is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Explore ways to maintain and advance your child’s oral health.

With news about UAB’s first peer-reviewed, published transplant of genetically modified pig kidneys into a brain-dead human individual, there are many questions about what this means for the future of transplant and how this will save countless lives moving forward.

UAB physicians are working on the next steps to begin compassionate or emergency use of the pig kidneys in living humans. Two major approvals will be required.

Megan Hays, Ph.D., provides tips on how to overcome burnout.

In response to a viral infection, intrinsic IL-2 production by effector CD8 T cells affects IL-2 signaling, leading to different fates for two subsets of those cells — the one producing IL-2 and the one not producing IL-2.

The new procedure uses a balloon to separate bones in the shoulder, reducing pain and allowing physical therapy a chance to work.

Consortium led by UAB researchers in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and School of Public Health received additional funding to further study chronic hypertension and preeclampsia epigenetics participants enrolled in the CHAP trial.