America’s Going Gray
In America, the population age 65 and older is expected to double by 2030. At that rate, this group is projected to comprise 20 percent of the population while utilizing 50 percent of the nation’s health care resources.
Health & Medicine
Four-Legged Fun Part of Speech Pathologist’s Therapy
Dr. Beth Macauley, UA assistant professor of communicative disorders, has a black, six-year old Newfoundland retriever mix as a research assistant.
UA Biologist Uses Microscopic Worm in Search of Answers to Enormous Questions
It’s a tiny worm, so small you need a microscope to see it. But in the laboratory of Dr. Guy Caldwell, the worm may be poised to reveal some big secrets, giving scientists better insight into various neurological diseases.
UA Nursing, Capstone Medical Center Bring Health Care to Parrish
For 17 months, Parrish residents were without local health care, but that changed in June when the Capstone Rural Health Center, operated by The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing and UA’s Capstone Medical Center, opened in the rural Walker County town.