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A person holds an at-home colon cancer screening kit, featuring a test tube with a green cap and an instructional pamphlet displaying a stylized image of a colon with a magnifying glass.
March 24, 2025

At-home cancer screenings: What you need to know

Discover how at-home cancer screening kits are transforming early detection. Learn from Dr. Laura Dover at UAB St. Vincent’s about their benefits, limitations, and the future of multi-cancer detection tests.
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March 6, 2025

Managing Portion Sizes Helps Maintain a Healthy Diet

Portions and serving sizes are important to know when determining how to get essential nutrients and maintain a healthy weight.
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March 6, 2025

Understanding Nutrition Labels Is Important for a Healthy Diet

Learning how to read and understand nutrition labels is an important part of making informed decisions about food and nutrition. Understanding food labels can make shopping for food easier.
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March 4, 2025

Calcium Score Screenings: A Powerful Tool for Preventing Heart Disease

Discover how a noninvasive coronary calcium score screening can help assess heart disease risk before symptoms appear. Learn from UAB experts about this screening tool and its benefits.
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March 3, 2025

Six signs it is time to see a cardiologist

UAB St. Vincent’s cardiologist Munish Goyal, M.D., shares his top six signs that it is time to see a heart specialist before a cardiac event occurs.
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Mature woman doing blood sugar test at home in a living room. Selective focus to her finger.
February 19, 2025

UAB St. Vincent’s helps patients manage or even prevent diabetes

UAB Medicine St. Vincent’s One Nineteen offers a complete program to help patients manage their diabetes. The facility includes fitness, weight loss, nutrition counseling, and much more. But the care team also focuses on those with pre-diabetes or are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, which often can be prevented.
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Vestavia Police Officer, Jerry Hughes
February 13, 2025

Routine medical exam may have saved police officer’s life

A police officer’s yearly exam at UAB St. Vincent’s Occupational Health Services in Vestavia Hills, AL, showed signs of advanced kidney and heart failure.
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Steve McCullars (Multiple Competency Clinic Technician, Nutrition Sciences Research) is monitoring blood pressure on unidentified female participant in a room in the Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building, 2020.
February 11, 2025

Women’s heart health: Here is what you should know

Learn about heart disease in women, its unique symptoms, and effective prevention strategies. Experts from UAB Cardiovascular Institute and UAB St. Vincent’s share insights on protecting women's heart health.
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February 5, 2025

Patient finds hope and depression relief with ECT treatment

Angelia Elkins found hope and relief from treatment-resistant depression through electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at UAB St. Vincent’s East Behavioral Health. Learn about the effectiveness and safety of ECT from experts.
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February 5, 2025

43-year-old man’s life saved with open heart surgery at UAB St. Vincent’s

At 43-years-old, Dan Boatman underwent open heart surgery at UAB St. Vincent's East to remove a severe blockage in his left anterior descending artery, often referred to as the widow-maker.
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