University of Alabama at Birmingham

 Joshua Leonard, a junior at Aberdeen Central High School, got in front of his classmates Monday and told them a story about a leprechaun, a rainbow and his pot of gold while he made paperclips leap into the air.  The occurence wasn't all that random;...

The U.S. Surgeon General will give the commencement address at Hampton University's graduation ceremony May 12. Dr. Regina Benjamin will be the university's 143rd commencement speaker and will receive an honorary doctor of science degree at the...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two former University of Kentucky women’s basketball players Crystal Riley and Amber Smith, have been chosen to participate in the 11th annual Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s “So You Want To Be A...

Taking a multivitamin may help prevent cancer in healthy middle-aged men, according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School...

As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula. Although personal decisions and self-...

Despite popular belief, a surge of laziness and gluttony is not what's making Americans fat, says science writer and fat researcher Gary Taubes, author of "Why We Get Fat." In looking at the past 30 years, during which time obesity rates have soared,...

As part of a federal project aimed at better treating pain, the University of Maryland, Baltimore will begin revamping the way it teaches future doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists. Pain affects approximately 100 million Americans and their...

For his final year of college basketball, Terence Jones knew exactly what he wanted in a program. The former Lake Clifton guard wanted to play for a school that would offer more exposure for him than he received at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He wanted...

Gene Bartow, the successor to John Wooden as UCLA basketball coach who became the architect of a new and successful athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, died Tuesday evening. He was 81. Bartow, who was diagnosed with stomach...

Responding to continued staff turnover, Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver on Friday forcefully rejected any notion that the school’s men’s basketball program is underfunded. Earlier Friday, news broke that associate head coach...