Different systemic eye conditions impact the way many student athletes are able to play sports in direct sunlight. One helmet addition now approved thanks to UAB could help.

The clinic is an initiative of Building Healthy Communities, a project of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center

The diet increased quality of life, and it decreased serum levels of the adipokine leptin and a marker of oxidative stress.

Patients at UAB now have access to state-of-the-art robotic surgery technology.

An optometrist’s vision wellness tips and services can help keep your eyes in good shape.

Kill the flu virus by following these tips on what to clean and how to disinfect commonly touched areas at home, school and work.

The newly named O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB will be supported by a $30 million gift from O'Neal Industries.

The $30 million gift will go into an endowment — creating a yearly flexible fund of about $1.5 million that leadership of the cancer center and UAB School of Medicine can use in ways that best leverage further advancement of the cancer center.

Children spend several hours in a wheelchair, going through a library and out to lunch, to understand and be aware of the challenges disabled people experience every day.

UAB Hospital continues to be highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in Alabama and among the top in the Southeast and nation.

Engineering students develop umbrella for power wheelchair users to present at international conference.

An Auburn woman who was severely burned finds pain relief from music therapy.

More than 500 patients have been visited by physicians and nurse practitioners in UAB’s House Calls program since 2014.

The All of Us Research Program, an effort by the NIH to build a national database for medical research, launches on May 6 at UAB and six other sites nation-wide.

Watch a bleeding-control demonstration and join in with questions live as trauma surgeons show benefits of kits in public settings.

Researchers have found the rate of hospitalization for sarcoidosis has increased, and in-hospital mortality associated with sarcoidosis has decreased.

Researchers use compounds found in a combination plant-based diet to successfully prevent and treat ER-negative breast cancer in mice.

Researchers have found a new, more accurate way to determine if adolescents are overweight, important findings considering many school districts label adolescents — who tend to be more vulnerable to weight bias and fat shaming than adults — as obese.

UAB School of Dentistry is offering patients with cavities between teeth a new, less painful option for treatment in a new clinical trial.

For the first time in humans, it has been reported that eating early in the day lessens daily swings in hunger and changes the 24-hour pattern of fat oxidation and energy metabolism, which may aid in weight loss.

The clinical lab in Spain Tower analyzes up to 5,000 tubes of blood each night, providing vital data for caregivers and patients in the nation’s third-largest public hospital.

Contrary to advertisements, bumper pads and stuffed animals are not part of a safe sleep environment for infants.

UAB neurologists have reported the first case study of a patient with a brain bleed linked to consumption of an energy drink.

Kids often acquire S. mutans, a cavity-causing bacterium from nonfamily members, researchers report at the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting.

A new study from the UAB School of Dentistry shows that women who are pregnant are more likely to have gingivitis in their first and second trimesters, which can negatively affect mother and baby.

Springing forward with daylight saving time may increase your risk of having a heart attack if you have a history of heart disease.

A new national study by UAB Dentistry researchers has found that most general dentists are not following root canal standard of care guidelines.

Originally built in 1975, the Wallace Tumor Institute is the hub of the Cancer Center’s research and administrative enterprise.

Pennington has served as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Medical West since 2003.

UAB is the only hospital in Alabama that can repair leaks around replacement heart valves using minimally invasive techniques.