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The Patient Family Advisory Council strives to promote effective and respectful partnerships among patients, families, and clinical staff members while also increasing understanding and cooperation.
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A plant-forward diet can help decrease the risk of many health conditions and diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, dementia, and many cancers.
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Planning ahead and packing a healthy lunch is easy, much more satisfying, budget friendly, and relaxing.
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The first treatment will use Exact RF, a new device that treats tired-looking eyes. The second will be the application of RHA, the newest filler on the market.
These one-hour meetings will be available to all faculty via Zoom each month on specific Fridays at noon.
During January, USA Health employees are encouraged to practice a new safety behavior.
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Meaningful Reflections with Chaplain Kim Crawford Meeks is a monthly column that provides words of encouragement for associates at USA Health.
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Each week, we capture images from construction, expansion and renovations occurring across USA Health.
Two employees at Children’s & Women’s Hospital were presented with “Nothing Bundt the Best” awards, which has replaced Employee of the Month recognitions.
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USA Health clinicians are experts in their fields, making them trusted sources on a variety of healthcare-related news topics.
![Pathology faculty members from the University of South Alabama, from left, Luis del Pozo-Yauner, M.D., Ph.D.; Debanjan Chakroborty, Ph.D.; and Seema Singh, Ph.D., were awarded grants from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama at a luncheon in early December.](https://marketingassetstorage.blob.core.windows.net/news/_newsCard1x/IMG_4182-resized.jpg?20221228120051)
The highly competitive grants provide each researcher $50,000 in funding per year for two years. The awards function as seed funding for early-stage studies, allowing researchers to generate the additional data needed to attract major national funding.
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Thakur gave three lectures during the meeting covering different aspects of skull base surgery.