Tag: health
UAB Shares How Quitting Smoking is Necessary, and Possible
By Brianna Hoge | UAB News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention categorizes nicotine as a chemical compound that is highly addictive. Nicotine can...
Inside a Birmingham City School’s Pathway to Professional Nursing
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times
Maria Manuel, a ninth-grade student at Huffman High School, wants to be an ultrasound technician.
“The most interesting thing...
UAB, Birmingham to Expand Mini Medical School Program
By Hannah Echols | UAB News
Shaundra Blakemore, M.D., and Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D., were once students in the Birmingham City Schools system who had...
Deborah Thedford-Zimmerman: Hard at Work — In Retirement
By Javacia Harris Bowser | For the Birmingham Times
Ask Deborah Thedford-Zimmerman what she does in a typical week, and it will be hard to...
How Scammers Bilked $10 Billion from Americans in 2023
Ten billion dollars. That is the reported amount Americans lost in 2023 to fraudulent activity. Remember this is the reported figure, think of the...
Libby’s Friends Provides Support for Families With Special Needs Children
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
Libby’s Friends, a nonprofit that assists families with a child who has a disability, has won its share...
Page Sisters Create Wellness Company in Birmingham to Address Public Health...
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
Jamilah Page learned early on her love for helping others through her dad. “I wanted to be a...
April Showers Bring More than May Flowers, Be Prepared for Potential...
April is known for rain. In fact, an old and well-known children’s saying “April showers bring May flowers" references the frequency of rain during...
April is National Donate Life Month: Saving Lives Through Transplantation Remains...
UAB News
Each April, Donate Life America leads National Donate Life Month, an observance focusing national attention on the need and importance of organ, eye...
Is Your Fatigue More than Lack of Sleep? UAB Experts Discuss...
By Katherine Kirk | UAB News
Sleep is important for overall health. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, sleep improves brain performance...
