Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine published a study in Circulation showing that, among ventricular assist device recipients, patients with a particular form of dilated cardiomyopathy known as familial dilated cardiomyopathy have better clinical outcomes compared with other forms of the disease.
New research from University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers is shedding light on racial disparities in breast cancer mortality in women who live in economically deprived neighborhoods.
Birmingham tennis player Colton Cox won six points playing doubles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association by June.
Gardendale tennis player Nigel Billings won 12 points playing doubles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association by June.
Birmingham tennis player Noah Hiers won 16 points playing doubles tournaments in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association by June.
Around 3:20 this morning, Jefferson County Deputies were requested at the 400 block of Weaver Drive by Bessemer Fire Department. According to firefighters, while extinguishing a fire at this location, a body was found inside the home
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, City of Leeds, and National Fitness Campaign (NFC) today announced a partnership to bring an outdoor Fitness Court® to the City of Leeds.
Unhappiness over some episcopal leaders’ posture toward disaffiliation and a new, traditional denomination boiled over Nov. 3 at The United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine published a study in Circulation showing that, among ventricular assist device recipients, patients with a particular form of dilated cardiomyopathy known as familial dilated cardiomyopathy have better clinical outcomes compared with other forms of the disease.
A fecal microbial transplant — giving a recipient fecal matter from a donor to change the recipient’s gut microbial community in the colon — has been a successful last resort therapy for people with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection after multiple rounds of suppressive antibiotics have eliminated the recipient microbial community.
