School of medicine

Data could lead to better advice for primary-care doctors struggling with a rising tide of older adult patients still in throes of youthful bad habits.

Quirky evolution yields clues to a fatal condition.

UAB injury researchers recommend the use of helmets to reduce the number of deaths and injuries due to head/neck trauma during a tornado.

NIH grant for brain cancer also makes UAB one of few centers with four Specialized Program of Research Excellence awards.

Newly named condition, “isolated diastolic hypotension,” can be difficult to treat while increasing risk of death.

Blueberries provide nutritious benefits and prevent cell damage that can lead to cancer.

There’s ticks in them-there woods, and that means the possibility of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, as one UAB patient recently discovered.

There's a new designer drug wreaking havoc across the United States, and even though it sounds innocent, it can be deadly.