Birmingham Archives

Rudeseal Traces Lineage to Creek Ancestors

Nov 07, 2008 at 12:10 pm by steve

When Dr. Frank Rudeseal was just four years old, he accidentally impaled his hand on a pitchfork at his family's south Texas farm. "I didn't feel pain, but I could see light t.... Read More

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Where Did All My Pens Go?

Nov 07, 2008 at 12:10 pm by steve

Starting in January 2009, the delivery of pens, notepads and coffee mugs bearing the name or logo of a pharmaceutical company will no longer be a matter of course when a drug.... Read More

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November Grand Rounds

Nov 07, 2008 at 12:10 pm by steve

UAB Health System Names Chief Executive Officer Dr. William Ferniany became chief executive officer of the UAB Health System effective September 2008. A senior leader in heal.... Read More

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Color-Coded Wristbands Provide Hospitals with Standardized Identification of At-Risk Patients

Oct 13, 2008 at 10:48 am by steve

Alabama hospitals are being asked by the Alabama Hospital Association (AlaHA) to voluntarily begin using standardized, color-coded wristbands to identify patients at risk of a.... Read More

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Patient Education Critical in Battling Testicular Cancer

Oct 13, 2008 at 10:48 am by steve

In otherwise healthy men between the ages of 20 and 35 years, testicular cancer has become the most common type of malignancy. The occurrence of the cancer, which still repres.... Read More