The disease with many names – metabolic syndrome – affects a growing number of Americans. Otherwise known as Syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, Reaven syndrome, dysmetabolic syndrome, cardiometabolic syndrome, coronary artery disease, hypertension, adult onset diabetes, obesity and stroke, and the deadly quartet. Dr. Robert Osburne, an endocrinologist and faculty member at the College of…

Tuscaloosa campus recipients of School of Medicine’s 2019 Argus Awards Students from the University of Alabama School of Medicine named a faculty member and a resident on the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus winners of 2019 Argus Awards. The College of Community Health Sciences, which operates The University of Alabama Family Medicine Residency and University Medical Center,…

The College of Community Health Sciences was recognized at the 2019 Adopt-A-School Kickoff Luncheon July 31 with a special award for its work with Tuscaloosa Magnet Elementary School and Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle School. The event at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus honored all current Adopt-A-School partnerships, and special awards were…

The University of Alabama is entering its eighth year of providing free flu shots at locations across campus to protect students, faculty and staff from the flu. The UA flu shot campaign kicks off September 3 and continues through mid-November with vaccines provided – at no cost and with no health insurance required – at…

The relationship between chronic pain and substance abuse is a complex data set to understand and analyze to gather useful and applicable information to help reduce the number of people struggling with addiction and the number of overdoses in America. Dr. Mark Ilgen from the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research in the Department…

Dr. Lisle Hites joined the College of Community Health Sciences as an associate professor of community medicine and population health. He is also affiliated with the Institute for Rural Health Research, which is operated by the College. Hites received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and a bachelor’s…

More than 12 million individuals in the US age 50 and older are expected to have osteoporosis by 2020. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bones are reduced. As bones become more porous and fragile, the risk of fracture increases. “Osteoporosis is a really serious issue,” said Dr. Anne Halli-Tierney,…

Seventeen students studying to become rural physicians or considering other health careers attended a rural programs orientation session August 20 hosted by the College of Community Health Sciences. The students are participating in the College’s Rural Medical Scholars Program and Rural Community Health Scholars Program. The orientation at Lake Lurleen State Park in Coker, Alabama,…

TORCH infections cover a range of infectious disease that can affect newborns and fetuses. However, there are conditions that share symptoms with TORCH infections that fall outside of its sphere. Drs. Karen Burgess and Sara Phillips, physicians in the pediatrics department at University Medical Center, which is run by the College of Community Health Sciences,…

Drs. Anne Halli-Tierney and Dana Carroll authored “Polypharmacy: Evaluating Risks and Deprescribing,” published in the July 2019 issue of American Family Physician. Halli-Tierney is assistant professor of family, internal, and rural medicine for the College and a practicing geriatrician at University Medical Center, which the College operates. Carroll is clinical assistant professor of pharmacy for…