A Herpes Virus May Destroy Cancerous Tumors in Children’s Brains
University of Alabama at Birmingham Pediatric Oncologist Gregory Friedman has been awarded a three-year, $750,000 R01 grant for a phase 1 immunotherapy clinical trial...
Alabama at Front of Obesity Epidemic
A reminder that comes heavy as a fruitcake is a recent study showing Alabama at the front of the national obesity epidemic.
The analysis, published...
Cityscape Changes with Mammoth Huntsville Hospital Expansion
As the New Year unfolds, a seven-story addition to the Huntsville, Alabama, skyline will continue rising above the downtown campus of Huntsville Hospital, Alabama's...
UAB Medicine Expands Primary Care in Hoover
UAB Medicine had a ribbon-cutting Tuesday for its new, expanded UAB Medicine Hoover Primary Care clinic, a 39,000 square-foot facility that will begin seeing...
Auburn Firm Launches New Blood Collection Tube
SiO2 Materials Science, based in Auburn, has launched a blood collection tube it calls the Synergy Tube, its first genetic diagnostics product on the...
Children’s of Alabama Joins Consortium on Rare Congenital Heart Disease
Children's of Alabama, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, will soon begin using a breakthrough stem cell therapy to treat patients with an especially...
Cost of Home Care Up 4.7 Percent in Alabama
The cost for in-home care in Alabama remains well below the national average but is rising much faster than the cost for nursing home...
UAB Researcher Wins Bachmann-Strauss—Michael J. Fox Foundation Prize
David G. Standaert, M.D., Ph.D., a faculty member at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been awarded a major grant to help fund...
Birmingham Internal Medicine Docs Join Florida Group
Birmingham Internal Medicine Associates has joined Florida-based Complete Health and its growing group of primary care practices.
Founder Dr. John Farley, M.D. and his partners,...
Russell Medical Enters Management Agreement with UAB
Russell Medical has entered into a management agreement with UAB Health System.
The 81-bed hospital in Alexander City has been a strategic affiliate of UAB...