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Smith Family Clinic celebrates decade of using DNA to solve medical mysteries

HUNTSVILLE -- In November 2015, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology launched the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine. Since that time, thousands of patients have visited the...

SportsMED makes $1.3M pledge to name UAH’s Spragins Hall gym the SportsMED Arena

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville Chargers will be playing basketball and volleyball in the SportsMED Arena for the next 10 years, thanks...

Texas A&M research breakthrough could help regrow lost limbs

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Researchers at Texas A&M University have uncovered a key element of joint cartilage regrowth, which brings them one step closer...

Alabama A&M microbiologist Indihar earns Stanford Medicine Fellowship

NORMAL -- Calling it an "incredible opportunity to bring national attention" to groundbreaking work on The Hill, an Alabama A&M microbiologist has been selected...

Huntsville Police enhance emergency response with new AEDs

HUNTSVILLE – Select Huntsville police officers are carrying new life-saving Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), providing a life-saving tool to respond to cardiac and other...

WellStone launches Alabama’s first mobile mental health clinic

HUNTSVILLE --  WellStone is preparing to hit the road in the state’s first Mobile Mental Health Clinic, expanding access to mental health care in...

UAH College of Nursing’s Neighborhood Nursing initiative targets state health disparities

HUNTSVILLE – Alabama’s health landscape is bleak: third worst in the nation in longevity, second worst in veteran suicide rates and infant outcomes, and...

To protect and serve: Athens police go the extra mile for dialysis patient

ATHENS – What began as a seemingly routine, yet heartbreaking, welfare check call quickly transformed into a heartwarming display of compassion by Athens police...

UAH College of Nursing launches Neighborhood Nursing to improve health outcomes in North Alabama

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Nursing has launched Neighborhood Nursing, a multi-agency initiative designed to break down barriers to...

UAH Nursing researcher publishes COPD review on managing chronic respiratory condition

HUNTSVILLE – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) impacts hundreds of millions worldwide, yet despite this global toll and the availability of well-established diagnostic tools,...