July-August 2005

In 1985, investigators recruited 5115 participants aged 18 to 30 years for CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults), an observational study designed to investigate evolution of cardiovascular disease risk.

In the United States, the incidence of cervical cancer is higher in Latinas than in whites, and they are 40% more likely to die from the disease.

Findings may help combat antibiotic resistance.

Clinic is only center in Southeast dedicated to diagnosing and managing skin disorders caused by single gene defects.

Book presents state-of-the-art overview of modern day practice in living kidney donor transplantation.

UAB researchers have found a better way to predict a lung cancer patient’s chance of survival and odds of the disease’s recurrence.

The nation's 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems have, on average, risk-adjusted mortality rates7.2% lower than other hospitals.

International trial investigates exercise's effect on heart failure patients.

UAB will begin management of the Southside HealthSouth facility August 1.

BiDil was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June, exclusively for treatment of heart failure in African Americans.

UAB is one of four institutions that will make up a new virtual Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology.

Cancer Center leaders hailed receipt of biggest grant in its 34-year history as a vote of confidence in its abilities.

Modern medicine often fractionates people into organ systems or abnormal test results, diminishing the physician-patient relationship. Narrative medicine offers a remedy.