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While there is no causal link between energy drinks and cancer, indirect factors like high sugar content can contribute to obesity, a known cancer risk factor. Overconsumption of these ingredients is often a cause for concern.
Spring allergies can disrupt daily life and sleep by triggering immune reactions to airborne allergens that cause inflammation and fatigue.
UAB researchers discover the mechanism by which neurofibrillary tangles spread through the brain of Alzheimer’s patients is via connected neurons, and these findings reveal a major disease etiology that could lead to new therapies that slow Alzheimer’s disease progression.
Honoring trauma survivors, care teams and first responders, the Heroes and Healers event will feature three short films, with proceeds supporting the UAB Trauma Survivors Network and its peer mentoring and support programs.
UAB earns multiple top rankings in the 2026 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools, highlighting national excellence across health, nursing, business and engineering programs.
A rise in research funding within UAB’s Department of Family and Community Medicine highlights its expanding research impact.
A UAB professor leads a new discovery that could change how an aggressive thyroid cancer with limited treatments is approached and treated.
A UAB experts offers clarity on the difference between watery and dry eyes, while shedding light on ways to mitigate eye allergy symptoms.
UAB experts say there are many steps people can take to minimize the impacts of a sedentary lifestyle on their heart health.
This event brings together health care leaders, policymakers and community advocates to explore innovative health outcomes across Alabama.
A new UAB study shows that a prevalent Meier‑Gorlin syndrome variant reduces ORC6 protein production — not its function — suggesting future treatments could boost protein levels to prevent developmental defects.
High school seniors can gain hands-on medical experience and career guidance at this upcoming workshop in Montgomery.
Patients who received the additional therapy showed a higher likelihood of surviving at both one month and three months after treatment.
For 48 hours, UAB’s alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends and families come together to support the programs and people who make the university exceptional.
UAB researchers are advancing cancer prevention and treatment through lifestyle-based survivorship care, adaptive molecular therapies and precision biomedical engineering.
This rare brain condition causes a person’s hand to move without intention or control.
UAB has been a national leader in Fabry disease care and research for more than two decades.
Cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death among cancer survivors, second only to cancer itself
This year’s cohort is the largest in ASF program history.
Feeling tired may not mean it is time for sleep, and misunderstanding the difference could be fueling insomnia and fatigue.