The Goldwater Program received 1,353 nominations from 446 institutions this year, and the winners will receive a scholarship covering tuition, housing, fees and books.

Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16, and UAB experts are providing recommendations for how to get started with advance care planning.

Heersink family establishes three endowed scholarships for health professions, optometry and pre-optometry students.  

Screenings will take a few minutes to conduct and will include a check for lesions and lumps on the neck or in the mouth.

The annual race will be held Saturday, May 18, at Railroad Park. A virtual option will be offered this year.

Understanding the mechanisms underlying tolerance and hyperalgesia is essential to enhance morphine’s utility in chronic pain management.

The Social Work Partnership will bring together academicians, students, and social workers currently working in the field to inform best educational practices aligned with the field requirements.

Give As One is 48 hours of collaborative fundraising to support UAB’s students, faculty and community. Give As One amplifies the power of any size gift through matches and challenges from generous donors.

UAB experts says that individuals can prevent or decrease symptoms of sleep apnea by making small lifestyle changes.

Mortgage lending discrimination in the 1930s is still geographically associated with inequities in colon cancer care today. Colon cancer often can be treated successfully if detected early.

UAB researchers say the presented data indicates that a younger age and higher HbA1c at baseline predict early treatment failure and point to the need for more aggressive initial treatment in these patients.

Through a generous gift from Novo Nordisk Inc., Live HealthSmart Alabama is beginning to expand statewide, starting in central Alabama with Selma, Demopolis and Camden, while taking steps to make good health simple — one person, one family and one community at a time.

Participants between the ages of 18 and 60 who received peer coaching showed significant reduction in systolic blood pressure.

A modifier gene is one that changes the observable characteristics, called the phenotype, or molecular expression of other genes.

A new artificial intelligence center will bring more discovery in the field to UAB.

Clinical trial findings from the LATITUDE study show promise in long-acting HIV treatment for patients who have long struggled with daily HIV oral medications.

The program is designed specifically to treat women and address the distinct concerns and unique risk factors that women may experience.

A large nationwide study found that Black individuals carrying a genetic mutation in the TTN gene were at an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes.

Results showed that African American veterans with PTSD had a higher risk of rehospitalization than those without PTSD. However, white veterans with PTSD did not have a significantly higher risk of rehospitalization post-stroke.

In the mouse brain, two neural pathways were discovered: The first is active during motivation; the second is active only at the termination of motivation. In humans, these pathways could underlie motivational dysfunctions present in various psychiatric conditions.