Health Corner: Healthy New Year’s Resolutions

Health Corner: Healthy New Year’s Resolutions

Dr. Lloyda Williamson, associate professor in the College of Community Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, gives an easy way for you to set healthy New Year’s resolutions and stick with them throughout the year.

UA In the News: Dec. 14-16, 2013

UA commencement features – A.J. McCarron develops bond with another A.J. – Academic support system helps athletes excel in the classroom – UA researchers involved with ‘breakthrough’ project – UA houses Insurance Hall of Fame – Grad student studies nighttime culture – UA studies look at holiday traffic, seat belts on school buses – UA experts comment on holiday shopping season, congressional election, nursing profession – and more…

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This week at The University of Alabama: Educated Guesses 2014 offers predictions for the new year – UA chemist leads supercomputer effort to aid nuclear understanding – UA/AU students build Habitat house – Study looks as dangers of holiday driving – Engineering research on renewable energy systems leads to patent – UA experts comment on Santa’s ethnicity, holiday shopping, creating holiday traditions, healthy weight loss and snoring

UA Matters: How to Lose Weight in a Healthy Way

Losing weight tends to be a popular New Year’s resolution or goal. But there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to go about achieving that goal. The University of Alabama’s Sheena Quizon Gregg shares a few tips on how shake loose those extra pounds in a healthy way. Avoid Skipping Meals. Avoid

Shaping Safer Scans

Shaping Safer Scans

A patented technique relying on shape manipulation of nanoparticles offers potential for safer MRIs.

UA in the News: Dec. 13, 2013

UA students film comedy about zombie chasers – UA nurse practitioner speaks at conference – UA cartographer helps Chilton County convert records to digital format – and more…

Winter Graduates Announced at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will award some 2,150 degrees during winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 14, on campus. With this graduating class, UA will have awarded more than 234,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. Students listed as candidates to receive degrees include: City State Zipcode Name

UA in the News: Dec. 12, 2013

UA holiday traffic research finds days before Christmas most dangerous – UA promotes healthy living through employee wellness program – UA musicians featured in Birmingham concert – UA study looks at economic impact of Medicaid expansion – Pediatric walker painted red for young Crimson Tide fan – UA grad to compete in Winter Paralympic Games

UA In the News: Dec. 11, 2013

UA’s School of Library and Information Studies to give books to Black Belt schools – UA students film pilot for tv show – UA experts comment on climate change policy, BP oil spill legal claims

UA in the News: Dec. 10, 2013

UA winter commencement set for Dec. 14 – ADAP advocates for Alabamians with disabilities – UA study on holiday traffic cited – UA expert comments on claims filed following the BP oil spill – UA Gadsden Center hosts ‘Snacks with Santa’