Borrowing for Health
There is limited research on whether families use unsecured debt to finance health care expenses. Dr. Patryk Babiarz hopes to change that.
Health & Medicine
Suspending Belief: Virtual Reality Lab to Provide Coping, Research Opportunities
The University of Alabama will soon become the third university in the country, researchers say, to have a social work virtual reality lab.
Getting Ready to Rumble, Research
It’s time for another fight inside a large, second floor lab within The University of Alabama’s Science and Engineering Complex.
Going Viral: Surgeon, Professor Team in New Approach to Pain Treatment
A Tuscaloosa-based surgeon’s theory related to chronic pain is likely headed for a clinical trial early next year, and it’s drawing support from a University of Alabama researcher who studies how viruses replicate.
A Psychological Salve: Scientists Study Mind’s Ability to Manage Pain
Researchers are helping patients tap into the healing power of the mind to give hope to persons with pain.
Fat Flies Reveal Obesity Clues
Some of the lowliest — not to mention lightest — of creatures are helping a University of Alabama scientist better understand the genetics behind weight gain.
Breaking Down Autism
A University of Alabama researcher finds a possible lipid metabolism disorder in children with autism.
Hypertension Study Has Finger on Community’s Pulse
After learning that African-American women in Alabama had the highest death rate from heart disease — even though they account for less than a third of the state’s female population — a University of Alabama nursing professor was compelled to ask why.
Injecting Hope
Simple requests can sometimes be worthy of spontaneous celebration at The University of Alabama’s Brewer Porch Children’s Center.
Healing Notes
Music gives us great pleasure, but it can also be a tool to help people at their most vulnerable moments.