Clinical

UAB Named Exploratory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center by NIH and NIA

Mar 10, 2021 at 11:16 am by steve

Just growing up in the South increases your risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease. If your background is African American, that risk goes much higher. Why? That's a good qu.... Read More

UAB Builds Functional Genomics Database to Guide Covid-19 Research

Mar 10, 2021 at 11:02 am by steve

The pace of discovery has always depended on the tools that guide the seekers. Venturing across unknown seas, early explorers navigated by lodestars at night, and lodestone.... Read More

Let's Use the Current State of SNF Therapy as a Springboard to More Positive Outcomes

Feb 10, 2021 at 10:04 am by steve

Therapy today in skilled nursing facilities (SNF) looks vastly different than it did before the pandemic. What is yet to be determined is whether or not these changes can resu.... Read More

ACC Releases Latest Information on Treating HFrEF

Feb 10, 2021 at 09:55 am by steve

Heart failure (HF) continues to rise alongside an aging population. The American Heart Association notes that an estimated 6.2 million Americans over 20 years of age had HF.... Read More

What Does the Research Say About Medical Cannabis?

Feb 10, 2021 at 09:38 am by steve

In 1988 researchers discovered a collection of receptor sites in the brain that were activated by Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is one of 113 different cannabinoids that.... Read More