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The goal is to avoid unnecessary surgery and reduce the number of biopsies of benign nodules and cancers that are unlikely to cause harm.

One of the most common types of cancer is skin cancer. A UAB dermatologist shares background information, risks and how to protect your skin.

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

Combining two high-powered imaging techniques into a single scanner allows UAB to acquire and study PET and MRI data simultaneously, enabling new opportunities for diagnostic imaging of cancer, the brain and heart.

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.

With these tips from UAB Emergency Medicine, know how to identify poison ivy, oak and sumac, protect yourself against allergic reaction, and treat exposed areas.

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

With more than 162,000 square feet, the new UAB Hill Student Center is the living room of the university and provides places for students to congregate, eat and study, making it their home away from home.

Wrong shipment of mice led to estrogen breakthrough in trauma survival.

Lower blood pressure target of 120 mm Hg greatly reduces cardiovascular complications and deaths in older adults.

While babies are born with very little vitamin K, and the only way to sufficiently supplement it is through an injection soon after birth, some parents are shying away from the shots.

INFOGRAPHIC: See our quick guide to causes and treatments for low diastolic blood pressure.

The importance of preventing hypertension is reinforced by a study showing anti-hypertension medicines can increase stroke risk by 248 percent, according to new UAB School of Public Health research published in the journal Stroke.

Low diastolic blood pressure is a risk factor for new-onset heart failure in older adults. UAB cardiologist Jason Guichard explains why that might be, the causes of low diastolic pressure and how to deal with it.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything caps off 2014 with record-breaking December.

The eye is a window to the brain; scientists discover early signs of dementia in changes to neurons in the eye’s retina.

The partnership combines genomics expertise with leadership in research and clinical medicine to speed efforts to deliver personalized therapies and cures.

UAB researchers have created a blood test that determines a bioenergetic index, which could become an important method of measuring mitochondrial health in patients with chronic disease.

Many people acquire this fungal infection during childhood — but Cryptococcus generally stays dormant in healthy people. It also can re-activate later in life, and one infectious disease expert wants to find out why.