UAB HealthNews Headlines Archive-December 2006

Zach Till is a survivor. He has fought cancer not once, but twice. He has undergone surgery, two rounds of chemotherapy treatments, radiation therapy and multiple hospital stays. And he is only eight years old.

Although cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates have declined almost 50% over the last 30 years in the United States, the disease remains a serious threat to women.

Add a pint of blood to your holiday gift list this year.

Staff of the UAB Lung Health Center and Caremark RX, Inc., of Birmingham, spread holiday cheer to U.S. military personnel serving in Iraq.

For certain types of lung cancer, women appear to have significantly better survival rates than men, according to the first study to use highly accurate, commonly available techniques to properly stage the disease.

To help area residents lose holiday weight and keep it off, the UAB’s EatRight Weight Management Services is teaming up with the YMCA to offer participants both halves of a comprehensive weight control program.