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Winning more than a game for pastor, former UAB player with new outreach (video)
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 6 months ago
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A Birmingham pastor and former UAB athlete is forming a new team with City Councilwoman Lashunda Scales, using his faith-based foundation to improve education in the eastern area. Pastor Jhun Cook , founder of the Jhun Cook Foundation and CBF
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Sepsis is major cause of death; more prevalent in South
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 7 months ago
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Sepsis is a major cause of death but many have never heard of it. And patients in many Southern states are twice as likely to develop sepsis for reasons unknown, according to a UAB press release on newly published research. Sepsis occurs when a
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UAB opens clinic for adults with spina bifida
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 7 months ago
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Patients with the congenital condition of spina bifida are living longer thanks to advances in health care. Now, to address the need of caring for adult patients with the disorder, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has opened a clinic for
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UAB medical students to open health clinic for poor in downtown Birmingham
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 7 months ago
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A UAB medical student group will open a health clinic downtown to provide care once a week to needy residents of a county-run shelter program. The clinic will open Nov. 11 at the Church of the Reconciler, 112 14th St. North, and will provide basic
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At the University of Alabama: A sudden decision followed by a quick decision
Tuscaloosa :: AL :: USA | 7 months ago
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A few more details emerged Friday regarding the sudden resignation of Guy Bailey as University of Alabama president and the quick selection of school provost Judy Bonner as UA's first woman president. Bailey announced Wednesday that due to serious
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Meth found on dollar bills in Birmingham area
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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The students, Jessi Mann and Brandon Fultz, found a higher incidence of meth in the northern part of Jefferson County than in downtown Birmingham. In the first round of testing from a home-improvement center in the northern part of the county, the
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Results of New Surgical Outcomes Study Provide Insight Into Reducing Patient Readmission Rates
Ács :: Hungary | 8 months ago
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Study findings from a large sample of major surgical cases performed within the Veterans Affairs (VA) system were presented for the first time at the 2012 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Annual Clinical Congress. The UAB surgeons analyzed almost
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Trussville families hold 'Blow Away 5k' to bring an end to cystic fibrosis
Trussville :: AL :: USA | 8 months ago
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When Jennifer and Brent McCain took their newborn son, Jeremy, for a scheduled checkup, they received news that would change their life forever. "Our pediatrician called us and said that Jeremy tested positive for cystic fibrosis," Jennifer said.
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UAB professor gearing up for a year celebrating Proust
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 8 months ago
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William Carter may have retired from teaching at UAB, but his internationally-recognized expertise on the French author Marcel Proust has him gearing up for a year of full-time immersion in Proustiana. Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the
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UAB, Ohio State have different goals in matchup
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 8 months ago
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In his first season as the coach at UAB, hes trying to upgrade a program that has struggled in the transition in the publics perspective from sneaky-good basketball power to big-time football contender...Thats what you do when your team is 0-2 and a
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