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The USA Health Center for Healthy Communities will use a federal grant to support the taskforce of healthcare, public health, emergency management, and community partners in developing a countywide disaster preparedness plan.
All three USA Health hospitals welcomed high school students interested in healthcare as a potential career path.
Edward A. Panacek, M.D., MPH, serves as professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, a position he has held since 2015.
Last November, USA Health University Hospital became the first facility in Alabama to implement the TriVerity Test System.
The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held April 17-22 in San Diego, is one of the largest conferences focused on cancer research, bringing together scientists, clinicians, and industry professionals.
For nearly 40 years, Children’s Miracle Network partnerships have raised more than $11 million to support patients and families at Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
The name comes from the way a kangaroo cradles its young in a pouch after birth. Just as a baby joey benefits from staying close to its mother in a warm spot, human infants can also benefit from skin-to-skin contact with their parents.
The newest edition of USA Health magazine, featuring patient stories and news from across the academic health system, is available online.
An accomplished educator and researcher, Maher has received numerous honors, including the National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education from the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Outstanding Faculty Award from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
The research results were both promising and reassuring, Ramani said. Not only is intrapartum azithromycin safe for mothers, as previously confirmed by a clinical trial, but it also poses no risk of growth impairment or neurodevelopmental impairment in their children.
The comprehensive screenings, which included EKGs, help ensure that high school athletes and band members are healthy and ready to begin training for fall.
The research, published recently in the scientific journal Cancer Letters, identifies a new molecular mechanism that explains how gastric cancer cells lose cell-to-cell adhesion and metastasize, or spread to other parts of the body.
