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As summer nears the end and the school year is beginning, parents may be thinking about steps they can take to protect their child’s health this academic year. Experts from UAB Medicine are here to help with their recommendations for four appointments parents should make for their child this summer.

The Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Clinic at UAB Hospital has been named a Center of Excellence by the Cure HHT foundation. HHT is an uncommon but serious genetic disease that prevents blood vessels from developing properly. The condition can lead to stroke, heart failure, anemia and serious bleeding — most often from the nose.

At age 17, Mallory was given a devastating diagnosis that would drastically change the way she could start a family one day.  

The All of Us Research Program, launched in May 2018, was designed to create a new kind of cohort study.

In early 2023, the University of Alabama at Birmingham crossed an impressive surgical threshold: UAB surgeons across 15 medical disciplines surpassed more than 20,000 robotic surgeries completed at UAB Hospital since UAB Medicine began performing robotic surgery in 2004.

July in Alabama is hot and humid. With people spending more time outdoors this time of year, UAB Medicine Emergency Department physicians are reminding the public to stay hydrated, keep cool, and be aware of the signs of heat-related illness and dehydration.

It was just another ordinary, early morning for Patrick Jones. While his wife, Debbie, was out attending to a sick horse on their South Carolina farm, Patrick ambled to the kitchen to make his daily cup of coffee. That journey to the kitchen would be the last thing Patrick remembered until he regained consciousness with Debbie by his side, as paramedics loaded him for emergency transport.

Cooper Green patients have an opportunity that few U.S. health care facilities offer: the chance to interact with Albert Schweitzer Fellowship participants.

The Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) program helps teenagers with chronic and complex childhood medical conditions move to adult health care. Launched in 2020 in the Whitaker Clinic of UAB Hospital, the program has made major progress in caring for some of the state’s most vulnerable patients.

Justin Kirk, PT, is a physical therapist at UAB Medicine. Below, he answers some questions about hamstring strains.

Jason K. Daniel, MBA, vice president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF), has been named the 2023 Will Ferniany Academic Medicine Leadership Award recipient.

Summertime offers a wide variety of fresh produce from farms and gardens, and eating more fruits and vegetables is a great way to give your body what it needs.