Dr. Bob McKinney, assistant professor of social work for the College of Community Health Sciences, warned residents, faculty and staff attending the College’s March Grand Rounds lecture that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US with an average of 105 suicides happening daily in America. There is no patient that is…
Up to 3.8 million concussions occur each year in the US, many of them sustained by athletes during practice or play, said Dr. Catherine Ikard, an assistant professor of neurology for the College of Community Health Sciences and a neurologist at University Medical Center, which the College operates. Concussions are caused by acceleration and deceleration…
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the US, and yet a quarter of the people who have it don’t know it. The most common form of diabetes, Type 2, is also the most preventable. Dr. C. Edward Geno, assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine, walked participants through the basics of…
Hundreds of walkers participated in University Medical Center’s annual Brussels Sprout Challenge March 2, eating one of the cruciferous vegetables at each mile of the 3.1 mile walk and helping to promote healthy lifestyle choices. This was the fifth year that UMC, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences, offered the Brussels…
A high ankle sprain is a common sports-related injury and gets its name from the location of the injury – a little bit above the area injured in a common ankle sprain. A high ankle sprain occurs when there is a sprain to the ligaments that hold the two leg bones, the tibia and fibula,…
Researchers at the College of Community Health Sciences receive funding for projects to better identify and assist patients at risk for high blood pressure, and to help reduce a significant racial disparity in infant mortality rates in Alabama College of Community Health Sciences researchers received $100,000 in additional funding for research designed to identify and…
Dr. John C. Higginbotham, associate dean for Research and Health Policy for the College of Community Health Sciences, has been tapped for the role of senior associate vice president for Research and Economic Development for The University of Alabama. Higginbotham, who is also professor and chair of the College’s Department of Community Medicine and Population…
The fifth annual Brussels Sprout Challenge, hosted by University Medical Center as part of the American Heart Association’s West Alabama Heart Walk, will be held Saturday, March 2. University Medical Center is operated by The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences. Partnering again with Manna Grocery and Deli in Tuscaloosa, which prepares and…
“Vaccines are one of our best tools for prevention and health protection,” said Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, a professor of Community Medicine and Population Health at the College of Community Health Sciences and a preventive medicine physician. During a presentation as part of Mini Medical School, the College’s collaborative program with The University of Alabama OLLI…
Between 5 and 12 percent of emergency visits to hospitals in the US are for complaints of abdominal pain. The cause can range from something as simple as indigestion to a ruptured colon. The difficult part for medical staff is knowing how to diagnose this common ailment. Women, especially those who are sexually active and…
