Adults with certain underlying and chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes is one of them. Angela Hammond is a nurse practitioner and certified diabetes educator at University Medical Center, and quality coordinator of UMC’s Diabetes Self-Management Education and…
Dr. Tom Weida, chief medical officer at University Medical Center and chief COVID-19 officer for The University of Alabama, provided information about the virus (with data as of October 30) during a recent Mini Medical School presentation. Mini Medical School is a partnership of the UA College of Community Health Sciences, which operates UMC, and…
Operation of The University of Alabama Brewer-Porch Children’s Center transitioned from the University’s College of Arts and Sciences to its College of Community Health Sciences on October 1. Brewer-Porch provides behavioral health care and educational services for children, adolescents and their families both locally and from across Alabama. With the transition, the center also stands…
Thanks to generous donors, efforts by the College of Community Health Sciences to establish University Medical Center’s Reach Out and Read-Alabama program are underway. Nearly $10,000 was donated to CCHS for the reading program during a fundraising effort conducted as part of BAMA Blitz, The University of Alabama’s online giving campaign. All funds donated will…
COVID-19 has kept University Medical Center extremely busy – caring for our patients and for The University of Alabama community. We haven’t shut down or stopped at UMC. Our quality and compassionate care has continued during COVID-19, via telemedicine early on and now, once again, in-person in our clinics. We have extended that same quality…
Every year thousands of people in the U.S. get sick with the flu and this year health experts worry about an overlap of flu and COVID-19 and the potential double burden to people and the healthcare system. On this episode of Health Matters, Dr. Jennifer Clem, a family medicine physician at University Medical Center, talks…
COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives – from virtual classrooms to telecommuting to isolation and quarantine. While following public health measures is important to reduce the spread of the virus, we don’t know how long these safety measures will be in place. But you can still take care of and protect and…
The fall 2020 semester at The University of Alabama has so far provided a very different student experience from semesters past. With new procedures in place to stem the spread of COVID-19, life for students has dramatically changed. Masks and social distancing are required. Many classes have moved on-line or are a hybrid, both in-person…
Osteoarthritis is a common form of arthritis and affects more than 32 million U.S. adults. It can damage any joint, but most commonly affects joints in the knees, hips, hands, feet and spine. With osteoarthritis, the protective cartilage that cushions the ends of bones wears down over time and can cause pain, stiffness and swelling,…
In most cases, postmenopausal bleeding is caused by a thinning of the uterine lining, vaginal atrophy, fibroids or endometrial polyps, but in a small number of cases it could be a sign of endometrial cancer – a malignancy of the uterine lining. “Any woman who has bleeding after menopause, we want to assess it,” said…
