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UAB Hospital Named Among Top 12 in Nation
The UAB Hospital has been selected as one of 12 U.S. finalists for Hospital of the Year Award.
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6/26/2008 8:45:00 AM
UAB Study Shows Modified Technique Further Reduces Lung Surgery Pain
A simple variation in a surgical technique developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to reduce acute and chronic pain following lung surgery further reduces pain and helps return patients to normal activity quicker than the previous technique, according to a study published in the June issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
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6/13/2008 11:55:00 AM
New Guidelines for Treating Resistant Hypertension
Resistant hypertension, blood pressure that remains above goal despite taking three antihypertensive medications or high blood pressure that is controlled but requires four or more medications to do so, may benefit from specialized diagnostic and therapeutic treatment by health care providers according to guidelines issued by the American Heart Association and co-authored by UAB physicians.
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6/13/2008 11:45:00 AM
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