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The goal of this project is to reduce health disparities in colonoscopy screening and colorectal cancer outcomes for vulnerable populations in Jefferson County.
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UAB’s Liver Transplant Program — the only one in Alabama — has performed over 3,000 liver transplants since its launch in 1983.
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For 11 consecutive years, U.S. News has named UAB Hospital the best hospital in Alabama, with several specialties and procedures ranked among the best.
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The goal of this project is to reduce health disparities in colonoscopy screening and colorectal cancer outcomes for vulnerable populations in Jefferson County.
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Cure HHT has named the HHT Clinic at UAB Hospital a Center of Excellence. Only hospitals equipped with the proper personnel, expertise, commitment and resources to provide comprehensive evaluation, treatment and education to individuals with HHT and their families receive this designation.
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In just the five years since UAB completed 10,000 robotic surgeries, surgeons across 15 disciplines have now collectively exceeded 20,000 robotic surgeries, setting a record for the hospital.
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The federal mandate, which was announced in 2011 and implemented in 2014, limited acetaminophen to 325 milligrams per opioid-acetaminophen combination pill. Acetaminophen is toxic to livers at high doses.
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UAB is committed to increasing awareness and education about colorectal cancer throughout the month of March.
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A grant from ADPH will provide colonoscopies for at-risk patients of Cooper Green during colorectal cancer awareness month in March.
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Results published in the New England Journal of Medicine show the adenovirus was a common finding among nine pediatric hepatitis cases found in Alabama from October 2021 to February 2022. While adenovirus was identified in the blood of all nine hepatitis cases, causation has not been proved, and the role of adenovirus infection itself in this outbreak remains unclear.
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Record $95 million Heersink lead gift to advance strategic growth and biomedical innovation.
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This study will aid the understanding of, and future research on, inflammatory bowel disease, which afflicts about 1.6 million Americans.
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Black people in the United States have the highest rates of colorectal cancer of any racial or ethnic group, according to the American Cancer Society.
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Colorectal cancer screening among UAB employees enrolled in a medical plan increased from 54 percent in 2014 to 68 percent in 2019.
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UAB transplant hepatologists will see patients at the Huntsville Regional Campus once a month to make it more convenient to North Alabama residents.
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common cause of chronic liver disease globally and is becoming the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States.
Former MLB player Frank Baker says his experience at UAB’s Pancreatobiliary Disease Center was a home run.
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A “shave off” event at UAB will spread awareness about men’s health and diseases that affect them specifically.
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Douglas Morgan, M.D., is a global expert in the epidemiology and prevention of gastric cancer.
UAB physicians will present several new treatment regimens available for those with hepatitis C, including some that have shown excellent cure rates.
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