Birmingham Archives

UAB Researches LRRK2 Gene Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Apr 02, 2008 at 12:56 pm by steve

UAB researchers — who received a $200,000 grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation to study a mutation gene, LRRK2 — have made a direct link between LRRK2 and the existence of.... Read More

Physician Spotlight: David Glasgow, MD

Apr 02, 2008 at 12:56 pm by steve

A three-year stint in the U.S. Navy as a general medical officer led Dr. David Glasgow to make the decision to go into pediatric medicine. “My father was a radiologist at Lloy.... Read More

New Asthma Guidelines Offer Step Therapy Approach

Apr 02, 2008 at 12:56 pm by steve

“The idea is to give physicians a step-by-step process, so it’s not randomly ‘let’s try this, and let’s try that’ in the long-term management of asthma,” explained pulmonologi.... Read More

Top 5 Things Asthma Specialists want Primary Physicians to Know

Apr 02, 2008 at 12:56 pm by steve

Great potential is on the horizon for asthma treatment, but nothing monumental in therapies has occurred this year. “There’s a surgery that might help some asthmatics. There’s.... Read More

Congress Mounts New Attack on Physician-Owned Hospitals

Apr 02, 2008 at 12:56 pm by steve

In what has become an annual event, physician-owned hospitals are once again under attack by Congress. The latest assault on physician-owned hospitals was tucked inside the Pa.... Read More