UAB Inflammation Study Investigates Links to Food and Lifestyle

Jul 22, 2020 at 09:43 am by steve

Inflammation is the body's first line of defense for a scratch or a scrape. But when that defense mistakes the body for the enemy, it can launch devastating attacks against ti.... Read More

Tale of Two Nurses: Niece Donates a Kidney to her Aunt

Mar 23, 2020 at 12:55 pm by steve

If you ask Rebecca Harrison, RN and her aunt, Sue Gravelle, RN, about sacrifice, they will each point to the other. But last November, Harrison put her life on hold--and at ri.... Read More

Infertility: The Male Component

Dec 17, 2019 at 07:10 pm by steve

The World Health Organization identifies infertility as "a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of.... Read More

Powering the Future of Precision Medicine

Dec 17, 2019 at 06:54 pm by steve

The more you know, the more you realize there is to learn. Research is expanding the boundaries of medical knowledge so rapidly that no one human brain can learn, retain and r.... Read More

Diversion from Life's Path Leads Physicians on a New Journey

Nov 25, 2019 at 06:39 pm by steve

UAB emergency room physician Julian Maha, MD and his wife, UAB Pediatric Critical Care physician Michele Kong, MD were living their dream as successful physicians starting a f.... Read More

April 2024

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