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Lung cancer claims as many lives each year as breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. However, diagnosing lung cancer in the early stages increases the survival rate to more than 61%.

The Senior Bowl visits are organized through the hospital's Mapp Child and Family Life Program, which is aimed, in part, at normalizing a child's stay at Children's & Women's Hospital.

“I wanted the opportunity to teach clinical care to resident physicians and medical students at an established academic institution that is committed to the delivery of patient-centered, evidence-based medical care.”

Danuel Laan, M.D., FACS, FASMBS, will advocate on both a local and national level for further access to medical care for patients suffering with obesity.

Earlier in 2023, Simon Grelet, Ph.D., and his colleagues developed a provisional patent for the technology, which involves labeling cells that have received mitochondria from donor cells.

Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., M.P.H., attended the White House Cervical Cancer Forum on Thursday in Washington, D.C., where a national network to study self-collection of vaginal samples was announced.

Working with a local summer camp for children and adults with special needs as a teenager ignited Michelle McDaniel’s lifelong passion for serving those with disabilities.

Josh Snow, M.S.H.A., said his vision for University Hospital is to remain laser-focused on providing high-quality, patient-centric, innovative healthcare.

“I want women to know that self-care is more than a massage day or a rest day. Self-care is about going to those really hard appointments that are uncomfortable, like your gynecology exams.”

The highly competitive grants provide each investigator $100,000 in funding over a two-year period.

Join us March 8-10 to give back to our healthcare community and celebrate those who have made their mark in Mobile.

The USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute invites everyone to wear teal and white for cervical cancer awareness on Friday, Jan. 19.