2014 Article Archives

Don’t Overlook Aspirin Sensitivity

Sep 08, 2014 at 04:20 pm by steve

Five to ten percent of mild asthmatics will have a reaction to the most common and age-old remedy for inflammation—aspirin. In severe asthma patients, that amount more t.... Read More

Local Nephrologist Combines Career, Family, and Classical Music

Sep 08, 2014 at 04:20 pm by steve

By the time Taiwan native Jason Tsai was finishing high school and thinking about colleges, his career plans had come down to a fork in the road: medicine, or music? He ended.... Read More

Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy could save lives we now lose to lung cancer

Sep 08, 2014 at 04:20 pm by steve

If we could turn back time; if, before the ragged cough developed, before symptoms were recognized too late, if we could detect this lethal killer in its early, much more cura.... Read More

A Killing Silence

Sep 08, 2014 at 04:20 pm by steve

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis This year, more than 40,000 Americans will learn they are dying of a disease they have probably never heard of. It kills as many Americans as br.... Read More

UAB Orthopedic Surgeon Teaches Around the Globe

Sep 08, 2014 at 04:20 pm by steve

“A thing that is a necessity here is considered a luxury for much of the world,” says Ashish Shah, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and assistant professor in the Departm.... Read More