Tag: health
The Focus, Power and Discipline of Birmingham’s Martial Arts Community
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
At age 10, Mustafa Ali remembers living in the Norwood community and watching a neighborhood karate expert break...
I Am BHAM: This Fitness Boot Camp Changes Lives in the...
By Chanda Temple
Special to The Times
In the summer of 2016, Walter T. Williams couldn’t walk from his car to the front door of his...
Maximize the Office Visit: Be an Intelligent Patient
By Glenn Ellis
As health-reform continues to take effect over the next several years (in one way or the other), millions of newly insured Americans...
Birmingham joins fight to stop the spread of AIDS in US...
By Alicia Rohan
UAB News
UAB Center for AIDS Research faculty, staff and volunteers join the city of Birmingham by signing the Paris Declaration to eliminate...
Baby Boomers and Hepatitis C
By Glenn Ellis
Most of us have seen the commercials on television stating that people born from 1945 to 1965 have the highest rate of...
Glenn Ellis: Quality Health Care Problematic in U.S. prisons
By Glenn Ellis
Healthcare is a huge issue for people in jail and prison.
There are currently 2.4 million people in American prisons. This number has...
The 2017 National Senior Games bring health and wellness boost to...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
The 2017 National Senior Games may bring an economic boost to the city of Birmingham, but Mayor William...
Strong fathers strengthen the community, says organizer of 5K Run
By Denise Stewart
For The Birmingham Times
Gideon Waithera was the first to finish Birmingham’s inaugural I Am A Father 5K Saturday at historic Kelly Ingram...
Are you at risk? Sepsis could affect hospital patients
By Glenn Ellis
The number of people who suffer from a potentially life-threatening type of inflammatory syndrome that affects the entire body -- called sepsis...
Birmingham hosts more than 10,000 athletes from across the U.S. for...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Heart-warming.
That’s how Myrna Moline remembers her experience marching in the Parade of Athletes two years ago at the...
