Clinical

O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Focused on Patient Care and Research

Oct 13, 2020 at 03:03 pm by steve

Barry Sleckman, MD is quickly becoming acclimated to his role as director of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Since joi.... Read More

Addressing the Growing Issue of Firearm Injuries

Sep 16, 2020 at 03:45 pm by steve

ACS Awarded Grant to Identify Risk Factors It's hard to stop what you don't understand. To address the growing issue of firearm-related trauma, the American College of Surgeon.... Read More

Fast Track to Become an Emergency Medicine Doctor

Sep 16, 2020 at 03:42 pm by steve

Several years ago, Bruce Burns, MD, FACP, recognized a shortage of Emergency Medicine physicians in Birmingham and other areas in the South. It was 2015 and Burns, who is Reg.... Read More

Injury Patterns in Older Adults

Sep 16, 2020 at 03:39 pm by steve

Study Looks at Differentiators between Abuse, Accident When an older adult patient presents with injuries, it can be difficult to distinguish whether the trauma was the result.... Read More

Hidden Liver Disease

Sep 16, 2020 at 03:36 pm by steve

Finding and Stopping It One in five of the 80 to 100 million Americans who have a fatty liver will develop NASH, Non-alcohol Steatohepatitis. What makes the disease particular.... Read More