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UAB Gynecologist on Panel that Recommends Delaying First Cervical Cancer Screening
Women should have their first cervical cancer screening at age 21 and can be screened less frequently after that than previously recommended, according to newly revised evidence-based guidelines issued today by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and published in the December issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
International Sports Star Undergoes Surgery, Regains Sight at UAB After Training Disaster
Baljit Singh was looking forward to 2010. The premier event in professional field hockey, the World Cup, is to be hosted in his native India next year. And Singh, 28, was the goalie on the Indian National Team. He was considered the best goalie in Asia, ranked fourth in the world. Until a practice incident on July 17 changed everything.

UAB Researchers Discover Antibody Receptor Identity, Propose Renaming Immune-System Gene
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system’s first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on infection control and immune disorders. The discovery is such a crucial part of immunology that UAB researchers, in conjunction with Japanese researchers, are asking that the gene linked to this antibody receptor be renamed to better describe its role in early immune responses.

UAB’s Kaslow Earns John Snow Award From American Public Health Association
Richard Kaslow, M.D., M.P.H., a professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health, has been named winner of the 2009 John Snow Award by the American Public Health Association.

UAB Honors Student to Join Teach for America Corps
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) University Honors Program student Hernandez D. Stroud, 21, of Huntsville, will postpone his enrollment in law school next year to spend two years working in an inner-city high school as a member of the Teach for America corps.

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