Overcrowded emergency rooms and ambulance diversion are problems around the country, and Birmingham is no exception. Recent approval for the construction of freestanding emerg.... Read More
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
by Judy Melinek, M.D. and T.J. Mitchell; c.2014, Scribner; $25.00 / $29.99 Canada; 258 pages
Every.... Read More
IBM's Watson, the natural-language processing computer perhaps most famous in popular culture for obliterating its opponents on a January 2011 evening of Jeopardy!, has more r.... Read More
OB/GYN Finds Satisfaction in Volunteering
Before he retired from delivering babies a few years ago, obstetrician/gynecologist Ronald W. Orso, MD estimates that he delivered s.... Read More
UAB’s Federal Research Funding Up Significantly
Funding for UAB from the National Institutes of Health rose more than 20 percent in fiscal year 2014 compared to the pre.... Read More