By Emily WilliamsBirmingham Fire and Rescue Service Department member Javier Crayton signed on with the department to help people in need. Last month he added model to his list of first responder duties. The department has released the Magic City Heroes 2017 calendar, which features a few of the department’s everyday heroes dressed, or rather undressed, in their … [Read more...]
Personalized Medicine: UAB Breast Cancer Research Works Toward Focused Treatments
By Emily Williams Over the past 30 years or so, Dr. Andres Forero has developed a “love” for one of the most prevalent forms of cancer. As more attention has been focused on breast cancer, a vast array of research has been concentrated on the disease, leading to a rapidly growing understanding of the disease and more opportunities to find treatments. If that wasn’t enough to … [Read more...]
Cured for the Cause: Local Breast Cancer Survivor Sees Successful Treatment as a Call to Action
By Emily WilliamsAs a breast cancer survivor of 33 years, Carol Cauthen sees her life as a blessing and has spent every year since her recovery trying to “pay it forward” and support breast cancer survivors and research. When Cauthen received her stage three breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 36, she said she was caught completely off guard. “I remember getting my … [Read more...]
Hoppy in Homewood: Red Hills Brings Beer Brewing Over the Mountain
By Donna Cornelius Birmingham is home to quite a few beer breweries, and Joe Pilleteri thinks there’s not a bad one in the batch. So when he decided to open his own brewery, the Vestavia Hills native looked for a way to set it apart from others in the city, he said. That’s why he chose to make his Red Hills Brewing Co. the first business of its kind in Homewood. “I’ve always … [Read more...]
Bedside Manner: Arts Education Extends from the Alys Stephens Center to UAB Hospital
By Emily WilliamsThe arts community has been a home for Kimberly Kirklin, a place of comfort throughout much of her life. In her position as director of UAB’s Institute for Arts in Medicine, she is working to share that sense of comfort with patients at UAB Hospital. For nine years, Kirklin served as the director of education and outreach for UAB’s Alys Stephens … [Read more...]