News

News

Kidney Stone Graphic
May 14, 2025

How to Prevent Kidney Stones: Top Tips to Lower Your Risk

Kidney stones are more than just a painful setback — they can be avoided. Studies show that, with a few simple lifestyle and dietary changes, the risk of developing these painful stones can be lowered. Kyle Wood, M.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Urology, shares three key strategies for preventing kidney stones and protecting kidney health.
Read More
Tyler Waugh BSN Nursing School
May 8, 2025

From athlete to nurse: A baseball player’s journey to a BSN

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing student and UAB baseball player Tyler Waugh, says nursing, just like baseball, is a team sport. For the past four years, the student-athlete has successfully balanced a busy practice and game schedule with a demanding course load. As he prepares to graduate in May and work in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at UAB Hospital, Waugh is grateful for his time on the field and in the classroom.
Read More
golf safety tips
May 8, 2025

Golf season safety tips for players and spectators

Golf season is in full swing, and while golf is a relatively safe sport, injuries can still happen. Experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say that, by following a few simple tips, golfers can reduce their risk of injury.
Read More
ACL injuries in female athletes
May 5, 2025

Preventing ACL injuries in female athletes: What you need to know

Anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injuries are one of the most common among athletes. Each year, approximately 150,000 ACL injuries occur in the United States, particularly in sports that involve cutting, pivoting and jumping — such as soccer, basketball, football and skiing.
Read More
Berdale S. Colorado, D.O., MPH with the 2025 AAP Early Career Academician Award
May 5, 2025

UAB’s Berdale Colorado, D.O., MPH, honored with 2025 AAP Early Career Academician Award

The Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) honored the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of PM&R Associate Professor Berdale S. Colorado, D.O., MPH with the 2025 AAP Early Career Academician Award. This award honors an academic physiatrist who has demonstrated outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, research, and/or administration.
Read More
trophy
April 28, 2025

Clinical Excellence in Nursing Award winners for 2025

UAB Medicine congratulates the 2025 recipients of the Clinical Excellence in Nursing Award, the highest honor available for nursing staff.
Read More
Martha and Howard Yarbrough
April 28, 2025

UAB patient reflects on her kidney transplant 53 years ago

People who have received or donated organs for transplant understand why it’s often called “the gift of life”. Madison County resident and UAB Medicine patient Martha Yarbrough, 85, continues to cherish that gift since receiving a kidney from her sister in 1972.
Read More
Natalie Ryals’ visit with Dale Colorado, M.D.,
April 23, 2025

Conquering chronic knee pain: UAB patient’s journey to full mobility

In 2021, Natalie Ryals, 20, playfully jumped off some stairs, something she had done many times before. Later that day, Ryals gradually started noticing some pain in her knee. As the weeks continued, the gradual pain turned into radiating pain, numbness and tingling in her foot. She soon experienced limited mobility in her knee and began to develop low back pain. Ryals began using a knee brace and crutches on a regular basis to be able to move around throughout her daily life.
Read More
Patient receiving an oral cancer screening
April 22, 2025

UAB offers free oral cancer screenings during Oral Cancer Awareness Month

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is offering free oral cancer screenings to the public during the last week of April. The screenings, hosted by the departments of Otolaryngology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, will take only five to 10 minutes to conduct and will include a check for lesions and lumps inside the mouth.
Read More
Woman, stomach and pain on sofa in home for gut health, indigestion and anxiety of gastric virus. Stress, menstruation and sick indian girl with ibs emergency, constipation or crisis of endometriosis
April 21, 2025

Endometriosis: What women need to know

The tissue that lines the uterus (womb) is called the endometrium, and when this type of tissue grows outside of the uterus, it’s known as endometriosis.
Read More
UAB Medicine laboratories
April 21, 2025

UAB Medicine laboratories deliver life-changing results from behind the scenes

Behind nearly every diagnosis, treatment plan, and surgical decision is a laboratory result. Lab data accounts for nearly 73% of all electronic medical record content at UAB Medicine. In celebrating Medical Laboratory Professionals Week April 20-26, let’s appreciate how our hospital labs make life-changing care possible.
Read More
Aged man stretches legs outdoors surrounded by trees before his workout.
April 21, 2025

5 Key tips for living well with Parkinson’s disease

Every week, Laura Lieb and Brooklyn White talk with people who have received terrible news. “Someone will call and say, ‘I was just told I have Parkinson’s disease in a 20-minute visit with my doctor, and I don’t know what to do next,’” Lieb said. “That is not uncommon.”
Read More

By using this site you agree to our Privacy Policy.

Accept