HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) attacks the body’s immune system and can be transmitted through sexual contact, sharing needles, and during pregnancy, birth or breast feeding. Symptoms can include fever, sore throat, muscle aches and fatigue; some people have no symptoms. Left untreated, HIV can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Each year, July 21 is…
Dr. Hannah Bowers and Dr. Anne-Laura Cook joined University Medical Center clinics in Demopolis and Northport. Bowers will care for patients at UMC-Demopolis as a part-time family medicine-obstetrics physician. She also joins the College of Community Health Sciences, which operates UMC, as assistant professor in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. Bowers attended…
The Health Matters Podcast is a series created in collaboration with WVUA-23 and Alabama Public Radio that features University Medical Center physicians and providers who bring awareness of important health issues and relevant and timely health information to the public. Residents in rural communities often have limited access to health care. Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, a…
University Medical Center offers patients a way to pay and manage their health care bills online, easily and securely, and to view their payment history at any time. To get started, click here. At all University Medical Center locations—Tuscaloosa, Northport, Demopolis, Fayette, Carrollton and Livingston—new patients are always welcome, and most forms of health insurance…
Letter from a Friend A message from Dr. Richard Friend, Dean of the College of Community Health Sciences On June 25, we celebrated the graduation of our 2023 class of resident physicians. These 16 young doctors, now specialists in family medicine, leave us to begin inpatient and outpatient practice in Alabama, as well as in…
In an effort to understand brain disorders and to promote the importance of detection and diagnosis, June is recognized as National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. Alzheimer’s is a common type of brain disorder, progressing from mild memory loss to possibly an inability to carry on a conversation and respond to the environment. Factors leading…
The Pediatric Clinic at University Medical Center in Tuscaloosa has offered services for children with sickle cell disease for many years. Patients with sickle cell disease have their initial appointments at UMC with hematologists from Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham, and follow-up visits are provided by pediatricians at UMC, said Dr. Shawn Cecil, assistant professor…
Licensed independent clinical social workers in Alabama now have the authority to make clinical mental health diagnoses for patients, just as they can in every other state in the country. A bill granting this authority was signed by Gov. Kay Ivey May 23 at the State Capitol in Montgomery. “This will significantly expand the availability…
Anyone who engages in unsafe sex could be exposed to HIV infection. Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, a preventive medicine physician with UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, says people concerned about possible exposure to HIV should get tested right away and, if positive, start taking HIV medicine. She says the medication reduces the body’s HIV viral…
All University Medical Center locations – Tuscaloosa, Northport, Demopolis, Fayette, Carrollton and Livingston – are accepting new patients. Visit UMC for more information. University Medical Center in Tuscaloosa offers a Faculty-Staff Clinic for UA employees and their families that provides walk-in and urgent care, scheduled appointments and travel health services. Hours are Monday-Friday from 8…
