UAB’s Campaign for UAB has raised more than $617 million toward its $1 billion goal in the university’s largest-ever and most comprehensive philanthropic campaign.

Lower blood pressure target of 120 mm Hg greatly reduces cardiovascular complications and deaths in older adults.

INFOGRAPHIC: See our quick guide to causes and treatments for low diastolic blood pressure.

The importance of preventing hypertension is reinforced by a study showing anti-hypertension medicines can increase stroke risk by 248 percent, according to new UAB School of Public Health research published in the journal Stroke.

Low diastolic blood pressure is a risk factor for new-onset heart failure in older adults. UAB cardiologist Jason Guichard explains why that might be, the causes of low diastolic pressure and how to deal with it.

New research from UAB suggests not all strep throat is really strep throat, and attention must be paid to another bacterium that packs a nasty wallop.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything caps off 2014 with record-breaking December.

A one-year, 20 percent increase in research grants elevates UAB to No. 10 among public universities receiving National Institutes of Health funding.

The eye is a window to the brain; scientists discover early signs of dementia in changes to neurons in the eye’s retina.

UAB nutrition scientists launch an intriguing study of inflammation, obesity and infertility in African elephants in U.S. zoos, a study that may have an impact on the survival of the species.

Growing a garden helps cancer survivors eat better, but the benefits extend beyond the harvest, UAB study reveals.

The partnership combines genomics expertise with leadership in research and clinical medicine to speed efforts to deliver personalized therapies and cures.

Previous research has found an association between not eating breakfast and obesity; but no large, randomized controlled trials had sought to find causation until now.

UAB researchers have created a blood test that determines a bioenergetic index, which could become an important method of measuring mitochondrial health in patients with chronic disease.

Many people acquire this fungal infection during childhood — but Cryptococcus generally stays dormant in healthy people. It also can re-activate later in life, and one infectious disease expert wants to find out why.

Newfound details of rare disease may advance understanding of brain tumors.

Study is first to reveal the role of the kidney in the regulation of iron metabolism following injury.

UAB study suggests aerobic and resistance training one day a week is as beneficial as three days a week for woman over 60

Previous data has shown that areas of the south — specifically Mississippi and Alabama – are the fattest in the U.S. But new data from the REGARDS study proves this wrong.

UAB professors pens a book that examines black conservatism.

International team led by UAB finds 78 percent drop in leatherback turtle nests at primary nesting site; largest marine turtle in world may vanish.

UAB team rewarded for helping stop social media botnet and others; Facebook donates $250,000 of money recovered from spammers to CIA|JFR

UAB injury researchers recommend the use of helmets to reduce the number of deaths and injuries due to head/neck trauma during a tornado.

NIH grant for brain cancer also makes UAB one of few centers with four Specialized Program of Research Excellence awards.

A longer Achilles tendon generates more power, leading to greater energy efficiency and possible performance gains.