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UCSF Revolutionizes Treatment for Hearing-Impaired Children, Sets Standard for Hospitals
Ten-month-old Amir Hayden sits on his mother’s lap inside a sound-proof booth at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals audiology clinic in Oakland, as audiologist Sarah Coulthurst, MS, takes him through a hearing test of different tones. He…
Study Finds Female Brain Structures Result in More Severe Cognitive Deficits After Concussion Than…
Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged by brain injuries, such as concussion. Long-term cognitive deficits occur when the signals between…
Revolutionizing Sales: New Research Reveals AI’s Impact on Future Sales Strategies
In the fast-evolving business landscape, artificial intelligence, or AI, is taking center stage in transforming sales processes, making them more efficient and responsive to the dynamic market demands. A new University of Alabama at…
UAB: A National Leader in Clinical Trials, Expands Reach to Benefit More Alabamians
Over the past decade, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has become a national leader in clinical trials — studies examining the use of new treatments in people. Every drug, device and other therapy that reaches patients in…
UAB Medicine Primary Care Moves to New Lee Branch Location, Expands Services
The University of Alabama at Birmingham celebrated the relocation and expansion of services of its primary care clinic in the Birmingham area today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new clinic location in Lee Branch. The staff at UAB…
UAB Among First Worldwide to Implement New TAVR System for Aortic Stenosis Treatment
This week, a structural heart team composed of interventional cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Cardiovascular Institute were among the first in the world to complete the first…
University of Alabama at Birmingham Launches New ED Stroke Platform to Enhance Diagnosis and…
Time is the key to preventing death and disability from stroke. When a patient suffering a stroke arrives at the UAB Hospital Emergency Department, a rapid response team strives to provide the most appropriate care in the…
University of Greenwich Partners with IBM to Launch Sustainability HR Course for All Staff
The university is committed to achieving net zero by 2030 and, whenever possible, reduce its environmental footprint. In February of this year, it launched a 12-month campaign called Green Greenwich, to highlight what is being done to…
University of Greenwich Soars into Top 6% of Universities Globally
The University of Greenwich has ranked in the top 6.2% out of 20,966 universities worldwide according to the 2024 edition of the Global 2000 list by the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR).
CWUR is a consulting…
Study Links Child Behavior Issues in Adoptions to Maternal Trauma
Mothers’ childhood experiences of trauma can predict their children’s behavior problems, even when the mothers did not raise their children, who were placed for adoption as newborns, a new University of Oregon study shows.
The research…