Tracking the Long Life of Nuclear Harm
In a spate of recent medical journal articles and presentations at scientific conferences, Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki has warned that long-term health risks from nuclear...
Atherotech: Building Better Blood Tests For The Future
It’s a bit unsettling to know that the traditional cholesterol test used on patients most at risk for heart disease is inaccurate 60 percent...
VIPAAR Biotechnology Company: Now You See It
The notion of having a technician materialize before your eyes to help you fix your computer might seem as farfetched as a scene from...
Vaping and E-cigarettes Popularity: Vape ’em if you Got ’em
The vagaries of vaping in Alabama have brought quick profits to retailers, provided jobs in the state’s quietest backwaters and left everyone in the...
Hospitals are Selling the Best in Medicine
It’s hard to predict what’s going to happen next as the economy continues its snail’s pace recovery. But one thing is certain — industries...
Affordable Care Act Insights
We turn this month to two experts for insights on the Affordable Care Act and Alabama’s policy decisions regarding the Act. Dr. Don Williamson...
Doctor Visits and Affordable Healthcare
There have been ups and downs during his long health care career, but Dr. Bruce Irwin is exactly where he wants to be right...
Health Care
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden Regional Medical Center, which will celebrate 50 years in its current location this fall, has 346 beds. With 1, 344 employees,...
Caldwell and More Top Gene Scientists in Alabama
Ever since the human genome was unraveled in 2001, genetic science has exploded into a race to find new products and services.
In Alabama, researchers...
Healthy Choices Equal Lower Health Care Costs
Far-sighted Alabama businesses and associations are instituting and expanding workplace wellness programs. Their leaders realize that well-run programs more than pay for themselves...