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UAB Symposium Explores The Mechanisms Of Pain

       Why do some people seem to feel pain more intensely than others? How do pain syndromes develop and sometimes linger long after the original stimulus is gone?....Read More

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Touliatos Performs First Single-port Robotic Gall Bladder Surgery in Alabama
Touliatos Performs First Single-port Robotic Gall Bladder Surgery in Alabama
The da Vinci robot has stepped up to the next evolution in laparoscopic surgery. In April, John Touliatos, MD, with Advanced Surgeons, performed the first single-port robotic-assisted surgery in the state using the latest Si version of the robot housed at Trinity Medical Center...

 


Jane Ehrhardt
 
Pulmonary Focus

EBUS Provides Accurate and Rapid Diagnosis of Lung Cancer and Diseases
EBUS Provides Accurate and Rapid Diagnosis of Lung Cancer and Diseases
Diagnosing cancer and other lung diseases has become easier and more accurate in recent years with the development of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)...
Ann B. DeBellis
 
Research Funding Needed to Stop Deadly Lung Disease
Research Funding Needed to Stop Deadly Lung Disease
A UAB physician was on Capitol Hill earlier this year urging lawmakers to support research funding to study idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a deadly disease with no known cure that appears to be affecting more people every year...
Ann B. DeBellis
 
Birmingham-based National CML Society Helps Patients With Challenges Of Devastating Illness
Birmingham-based National CML Society Helps Patients With Challenges Of Devastating Illness
          Only a little more than a decade ago, a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia was essentially a death sentence. The development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors commuted that sentence to life with ongoing treatment...
Laura Freeman
 
New Drug-Eluting Stent Gains FDA Indication for Diabetic Patients
New Drug-Eluting Stent Gains FDA Indication for Diabetic Patients
his February, the FDA approved the first drug-eluting stent (DES) for patients with diabetes. “When choosing stents in the cath lab, you used to have to make a decision between deliverability and the drug-eluting ability...
Jane Ehrhardt
 
Pain Management Focus

UAB Symposium Explores The Mechanisms Of Pain
UAB Symposium Explores The Mechanisms Of Pain
           Why do some people seem to feel pain more intensely than others? How do pain syndromes develop and sometimes linger long after the original stimulus is gone?...
Laura Freeman
 
Spinal Cord Stimulation Offers New Therapy For Chronic Pain
Spinal Cord Stimulation Offers New Therapy For Chronic Pain
  When drug and surgical options have been exhausted, how do patients with persistent pain get through the day knowing tomorrow will likely bring more of the same?...
Laura Freeman
 
Healthcare Spotlight

Swaid Celebrates Three Decades of Practice
Swaid Celebrates Three Decades of Practice
Friends and colleagues of Swaid N. Swaid, MD, FACS recently hosted a reception to celebrate his 30th year as a neurosurgeon. But Swaid says he vividly remembers that decades-old starting day:...
Dale Short
 
Guest Writers

Alabama Supreme Court Announces Five-Part
On March 2, 2012, the Alabama Supreme Court announced a decision that will provide  essential guidance as to when the Physician Office Exemption (“POE”) applies under Alabama’s Certificate of Need (“CON”) rules and regulations...
 
The Literary Examiner

Once upon a time, you thought Grandma was old.

It was easy to think that when you were small, and short in both stature and brains...
 
Compliance 101 -- Don't Forget the Basics
These days it is easy to get caught up in the debate about health care reform, shared savings plans and accountable care organizations. However, compliance in the health care industry is an ongoing and significant issue for providers and warrants the utmost attention...
 

Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends
Title: Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 8:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Health Tip: When Should I Wash My Hands?
Title: Health Tip: When Should I Wash My Hands?
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 8:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Dinosaurs May Have Suffered From Arthritis
Title: Dinosaurs May Have Suffered From Arthritis
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
Title: Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Education Is Key to Health: Report
Title: Education Is Key to Health: Report
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:00 am CDT

Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising
Title: Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:00 am CDT

American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Launches Cities for Life - MarketWatch (press release)

Weld for Birmingham
American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Launches Cities for Life
MarketWatch (press release)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation announced the launch of Cities for Life in Birmingham, Ala., a community-based diabetes management program anchored in family ...
Birmingham lands sweet diabetes management programWeld for Birmingham
Birmingham first city chosen for comprehensive diabetes treatment programal.com (blog)

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Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:04 am CDT

UAB looks to community for ways to manage diabetes - UAB News

UAB News
UAB looks to community for ways to manage diabetes
UAB News
UAB's Department of Family & Community Medicine, Diabetes Research and Training Center's and UAB HealthSmart are working with the City of Birmingham, YMCA of Greater Birmingham and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation for this ...

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Posted Monday, May 14, 2012 10:57 am CDT

Birmingham Maple Clinic Reports Teen Depression Gets a New Diagnosis - Midland Daily News

Birmingham Maple Clinic Reports Teen Depression Gets a New Diagnosis
Midland Daily News
Mental health experts at the Birmingham Maple Clinic in Michigan recently reported on a new blood test developed by researchers at Northwestern University to diagnose major depression in teens. Mental health experts in Michigan are excited about recent ...

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Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012 6:32 pm CDT
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