Tag: medicine

By Anna Jones UAB News Hospital emergency departments are busy places throughout the year. Currently, wait times are up, and space is limited at emergency departments...

By Katherine Mozzone UAB News Former NFL player Antonio Langham sat in an exam room at UAB Hospital-Highlands awaiting a hearing test. As president of the Birmingham chapter...

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance that paves the way for the operation of medical cannabis dispensaries. The...

By Shannon Thomason UAB News An artist is creating poems after listening to health care staff at the University of Alabama at Birmingham tell stories of their experiences. Salaam Green,...

uabnews.edu The University of Alabama at Birmingham will break ground for the new $78 million-plus Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building at 11 a.m., Monday, April 11. The...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times As a classical music teacher and an emergency medical technician (EMT) with Birmingham Fire and Rescue (BFR), Ahmun Miles said...

By Bob Shepard UAB News The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health has made strong progress in its efforts to advance precision medicine, according...

By Glenn Ellis  Is expired medication effective and safe to take? Do drugs really stop working after the date stamped on the bottle?  Drug manufacturers are...

By Glenn Ellis In the latest confirmation of the dysfunction and inefficiency of the American healthcare system, recent revelations have disclosed the extent to which...

By Glenn Ellis Measles cases have cropped up across 12 states over the last 10 weeks — nearly two decades since the highly contagious disease...