Women & Infants

Women & Infants

woman coping with infertility looking at pregnancy test
March 25, 2024

How infertility can impact mental health, plus tips for coping or providing support

About 1 in 5 women worldwide experiences infertility, and it can have a major emotional impact on both individuals and couples. Beyond the medical and physical issues, it is a difficult and deeply personal journey that can lead to stress, anxiety, depression, and other emotional effects. Below, the UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility shares tips for coping with the challenges of infertility or supporting someone who is going through it.
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Woman doctor check a female patients heart health
March 20, 2024

UAB Cardiovascular Institute reintroduces Women’s Heart Health Program, open for new patients

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, accounting for about one in every five deaths. Over 60 million women in the United States are living with heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an effort to curb heart disease and stroke rates, cardiologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Cardiovascular Institute have relaunched the Women’s Heart Health Program.
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Doctor and patient discuss endometriosis
March 14, 2024

All about endometriosis: causes, symptoms, and treatments

The question “What is endometriosis?” is searched online millions of times each year. The condition affects an estimated 190 million women worldwide, yet many have not heard of it. Richard Burney, M.D., director of UAB Medicine’s Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, shares information on endometriosis, including the causes, symptoms, and treatment options.
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Exterior photo of UAB Hospital in the evening
January 22, 2024

UAB receives Women’s Choice Award for “Best Hospital” in eight designated areas

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received eight 2024 Women’s Choice Awards designations for women’s health practice areas.
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Ultrasound of potential birth defects
January 17, 2024

Get the facts about birth defects

Each January, National Birth Defects Awareness Month is observed to raise awareness, help improve the health of people with these conditions, and expand the networks of support. Most birth defects are not preventable, and many are critical conditions that can cause lifelong challenges. However, thanks to medical advances in diagnosis and treatment, women and their babies now receive better care than ever before.
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Woman Holding Teal Ribbon on Lower Abdomen
January 3, 2024

Cervical cancer: what you need to know

Each January, Cervical Cancer Awareness Month calls attention to important facts about a type of cancer that is diagnosed in about 14,000 women in the United States annually and is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide.
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women holding newborn in UAB NICU with a book from the new book vending machine
December 20, 2023

UAB and Children’s of Alabama commemorate Bookworm Day by introducing a NICU book vending machine

Premature and sick newborns are at high risk of having developmental issues that can affect their language and reading skills. UAB Medicine and Children’s of Alabama launched the NICU Bookworms reading program in 2021 to help reduce these deficits, increase parent-infant bonding and encourage shared reading starting at birth for all babies.
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group of young girls
November 29, 2023

UAB nurses lead Girl Talk sessions to provide puberty guidance

Girl Talk, led by nurses at the UAB Women & Infants Center (WIC), is a safe space for group learning and conversations about puberty that is available for girls ages 8-12 and their mothers (or a trusted adult).
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Nurse tending to a female African American cancer patient
November 14, 2023

UAB works to improve immunotherapy in treating gynecologic cancers

Immunotherapy is a common type of treatment that uses the patient’s own immune system to fight cancer and other diseases. Gynecologic cancers are treated in different ways, but immunotherapy is becoming more common in treating cervical cancer, uterine (endometrial) cancer, and other cancers that start in women’s reproductive organs. At the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, physicians and researchers are improving the use of certain immunotherapies, and many patients are seeing better treatment results.
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UAB’s Emily Boydston, the nation’s only dedicated uterus transplant coordinator
October 31, 2023

UAB’s Emily Boydston is nation’s only dedicated uterus transplant coordinator

Emily Boydston, RN, has truly unique insight into being a dedicated uterus transplant coordinator – she’s the only one in the United States so far. It’s been a big year for her and her patients, given that the uterus transplant program at the UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute (CTI) recently delivered its first baby born from a uterus transplant pregnancy outside of a clinical trial.
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women reading to newborn as part of the UAB Medicine NICU Bookworms reading program
October 30, 2023

New chapters unfold for UAB Medicine NICU Bookworms reading program

UAB Medicine and Children’s of Alabama launched the NICU Bookworms reading program in 2021 to help reduce developmental problems in sick and premature babies, and to increase parent-infant bonding. The program has been a big success for families in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) at both hospitals through finding new ways to provide books and encourage shared reading.
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infant exhibiting Safer infant sleep posture
September 14, 2023

Tips for Safer Infant Sleep

Every year in the United States, 3,500 infants between the ages of one month and one year die tragically – while sleeping – from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or sudden unexpected infant death (SUID). These deaths are occurring in Black babies at twice the rate of white babies, and Alabama has one of the highest infant death rates in the country.
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