UAB Research Warns of Risks of Low Potassium in Heart Failure Patients With CKD
February 8, 2010.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) says low potassium levels produce an increased risk of death or hospitalization in patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
In findings reported in January in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association, the researchers say that even a mild decrease in serum potassium level increased the risk of death in this patient group.
Other Illnesses, Body Weight Do Not Explain Racial Disparities in Colon Cancer Survival -Researchers
November 23, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans compared to Caucasians who also have colon cancer. The study is published online Nov. 23 in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society.
Jubilant Organosys, India, UAB and Southern Research Enter Into Drug Discovery Joint Venture
November 23, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. USA/ Noida (UP) India-Nov. 23, 2009-Jubilant Organosys, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and Southern Research Institute today announced a joint venture that will focus on leveraging their collective innovation and enabling technologies in the areas of Oncology, Metabolic Disease and Infectious Diseases.
Exercise Keeps Dangerous Visceral Fat Away a Year After Weight Loss
Oct 28, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A study conducted by exercise physiologists in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies finds that as little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent weight gain, but also to inhibit a regain of harmful visceral fat one year after weight loss.
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2009 Charles Barkley Excellence in Mentoring Awards
September 25, 2009
Upender Manne, MS, PhD, an Associate Professor in Department of Pathology at UAB School of Medicine was among the recipients.
UAB Study Uncovers How Tuberculosis Agent Survives on Fatty Acids
September 1, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered a key mechanism behind the survival instinct of tuberculosis. TB is the leading cause of death in the world from a single bacterial infection, and it kills 1.5 million people per year. The research team includes Amit Singh, Ph.D.; David K. Crossman, Ph.D.; Deborah Mai, Loni Guidry, Martin I. Voskuil, Ph.D. and Matthew B. Renfrow, Ph.D.
New NIH Funding to Support UAB Total Joint Replacement Research Collaboration
- Research for better joint replacement technology
- Creates collaboration with industry leading company
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Newly announced National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding will expand the reach of ongoing University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) research into a unique nanostructured coating to improve the performance and longevity of total joint replacement components. The broadened UAB research opportunity is funded by a four-year, $790,931 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant through the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
Parkinson’s disease: Do we have a cure yet?
By Saurabh Sen, Ph.D.
Center for Neurodegeneration & Experimental Therapeutics (CNET), University of Alabama at Birmingham
Parkinson’s Disease (commonly referred to and acronymed as PD) is the second most common neurological disorder (a movement disorder disease) affecting about 2% of population. PD is a disorder of the brain where-in the brain cells responsible for the secretion of dopamine (a neurotransmitter which controls the movement and coordination within our body) are damaged and degraded.
Ritu Arora helps UAB win People’s choice award at Microsoft’s Imagine cup
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A team of students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Computer and Information Sciences have won the 2009 People’s Choice Award at the U.S. region finals of the seventh annual Microsoft-sponsored Imagine Cup international technology competition.
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