Birmingham Cardiologist Helps Ukraine
By Laura Freeman On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, as we all know, they have relentlessly bombed cities into rubble, they have raped women, and murdered thousands of innocent people. Many of us feel helpless in the face of this horror. That’s how Jan Skowronski, MD, interventional cardiologist with Cardiovascular Associates, felt until […]
Birmingham Cardiologist Helps Ukraine
By Laura Freeman On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, as we all know, they have relentlessly bombed cities into rubble, they have raped women, and murdered thousands of innocent people. Many of us feel helpless in the face of this horror. That’s how Jan Skowronski, MD, interventional cardiologist with Cardiovascular Associates, felt until […]
Bestselling Author Katy Milkman Joins David Lamb to Discuss How to Change – Alabama News
The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Posted: Jun 7, 2022 11:41 AM CDT by David Lamb Award winning Wharton Professor Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the study of behavioral change. Her latest book is called, How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You […]
Criminal Jeopardy
Bill McGowin & Lisa Rawlings, RN These things we know for sure: the patient is dead. The career of RaDonda Vaught, a critical care nurse with a previously unblemished record, has been destroyed, and now, following a rare if not unheard of criminal prosecution, she stands convicted on two felony counts. What remains uncertain is […]
Criminal Jeopardy
Bill McGowin & Lisa Rawlings, RN These things we know for sure: the patient is dead. The career of RaDonda Vaught, a critical care nurse with a previously unblemished record, has been destroyed, and now, following a rare if not unheard of criminal prosecution, she stands convicted on two felony counts. What remains uncertain is […]
UAB New Scanner Takes Images Mid-Surgery
The MRI entering the surgical suite from the center room. The track on which it moves is visible at the top of the image, moving on the track that is stationed at the ceiling. UAB Hospital is the first in the state and only the fourth in the entire southeast to open a new surgical […]
UAB New Scanner Takes Images Mid-Surgery
The MRI entering the surgical suite from the center room. The track on which it moves is visible at the top of the image, moving on the track that is stationed at the ceiling. UAB Hospital is the first in the state and only the fourth in the entire southeast to open a new surgical […]
UAB Studies Whether Exercise Can Boost in Epileptics
Jane Allendorfer, PhD Researchers at UAB are exploring the possibility that exercise might help improve memory in people with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. “Approximately half of the 3.4 million persons with epilepsy in the United States have cognitive problems, and memory deficits are the most common,” said Jane Allendorfer, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department […]
UAB Studies Whether Exercise Can Boost in Epileptics
Jane Allendorfer, PhD Researchers at UAB are exploring the possibility that exercise might help improve memory in people with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. “Approximately half of the 3.4 million persons with epilepsy in the United States have cognitive problems, and memory deficits are the most common,” said Jane Allendorfer, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department […]
The Alabama Doc Who Sounded the Alarm on Unusual Hepatitis in Kids
On a mid-October day in Birmingham, Alabama, Markus Buchfellner, MD, examined a young child admitted to Children’s of Alabama with symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea and, most notably, a severe case of jaundice. It was the first in a series of mysterious cases that would lead to a CDC investigation. “These kids just looked yellow; eyes, […]