January-February 2005

The clinic — the only one of its kind in the Southeast — provides comprehensive services for newborns, children, and adults.

A derivative of tomography, tomotherapy literally means "slice therapy." It offers a safer more effective means of delivering radiation to tumor sites.

An effective vaccine against humanpapilloma virus could prevent most cervical cancers.

Counseling hospitalized heart attack patients to quit smoking improves short- and long-term survival.

NIH enlists UAB's help in a massive research assault on congestive heart failure, the most unremitting diagnosis in heart disease.

UAB's comprehensive injury management, rehabilitation and occupational medicine clinic has new director.

Wayne Finley's new book details the School of Medicine's history, beginning with the 1859 founding of the Medical College of Alabama in Mobile.

UAB Cancer Center physicians will evaluate and monitor early cellular changes in the breast milk ducts of high-risk women using ductal lavage, where 95% of breast cancers arise.

Contrary to longstanding belief, hypertension appears not to be the main culprit behind Southerners’ significantly increased risk of stroke when compared to the rest of the country.

Links to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

John A. Smith, MD, PhD, MMM, professor and director, Division of Laboratory Medicine, has served for 20 years as a founding editor of the Current Protocols series.

Mortui Vivos Docent: Let The Dead Teach The Living

The creation of a safe and effective vaccine against HPV could significantly reduce access to care issues and reduce the need for annual exams.

Designed to offer comprehensive care for cirrhotic patients, the clinic combines the expertise of gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and related specialists.

Director of UAB cardiothoracic transplantation assumes second tenure as Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation editor.

The Southeast Biosafety Laboratory Alabama Birmingham (SEBLAB) will serve as a regional resource for investigation of infectious agents.

The goal of palliative care is to promote quality of life in advanced illness and respect for patients' wishes regarding their care.

A leading center for research in preventing and managing Alzheimer disease), the UAB center offers comprehensive treatment for patients with the disease and related disorders.

A study involving UAB indicates that young adults who ate at fast food restaurants more than twice a week gained more weight and have a greater increase in insulin resistance in early middle age than those eating in these restaurants less often.

UAB researchers report evidence that the popular dietary supplement affects specific proteins in healthy brains in ways that may protect against future age-related dementia.