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UAH Nursing researcher to study cardiometabolic disease among Black women in the Deep South

HUNTSVILLE – A researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a $179,000 subcontract to explore community-based strategies for reducing high-burden...

October in the pink for breast cancer awareness

HUNTSVILLE -- October is a time of unity, action, and education across the country for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In Alabama, many businesses and...

MMC Celebrates Opening of $61M Bed Tower and Entrance

BOAZ - Area residents got a glimpse into the future of health care during the grand opening of a $61.3 million Patient Tower that...

Legislation would drop copays, other out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer tests

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) recently reintroduced the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) Act. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation...

LPN careers launched: Drake State, Huntsville Hospital celebrate graduation

HUNTSVILLE -- For the 21st consecutive year, nurses are ranked No. 1 in Gallup's annual Most Honest and Ethical Professions poll. Huntsville Hospital gained 19...

UNA nursing program receives $1M in grants

FLORENCE – The Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of North Alabama has received two grants totaling more than $1 million,...

Poarch Band donates $1M for Thrive Alabama facility

HUNTSVILLE -- One million dollars. There was an audible "wow!" from the audience Wednesday when Stephanie Bryan, tribal chair and CEO of the Poarch Band...

Visiting VA police officer collapses while jogging; Rep. Strong performs CPR

MADISON – Fairfax, Va., police officer Kyle Browne was on a run near the Clift Farm development Saturday morning when he experienced a “significant...

Bow-Wow! Madison Hospital launches facility dog program

HUNTSVILLE -- Ever since Huntsville Hospital announced in December it was expanding the popular "Canines for Coping" facility dog program to Madison Hospital, there...

Shoals-area surgeons form North Alabama Surgery

FLORENCE – Several surgeons from North Alabama Medical Center and Tennessee Valley Surgery Group have partnered to form North Alabama Surgery, a seven-provider group...