UAMS Expands Look Good … Feel Better Program for Cancer Patients
| LITTLE ROCK – A free program to help women cope with the appearance-related changes that accompany cancer treatment is expanding at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Look Good … Feel Better is now offered twice monthly for women in active cancer treatment. Sessions are available at 1:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and at 10 a.m. on the second Friday of each month at the UAMS Family Home, 4300 W. Markham. Women need not be UAMS patients to participate.
Due to Presidents’ Day, the February session at the Cancer Institute will be held Feb. 8.
To register, call the Cancer Institute Patient Support Center at (501) 686-5578.
With the guidance of a licensed and specially trained cosmetologist, participants take part in a hands-on workshop that includes a 12-step skin care and make-up application lesson; a demonstration of options for dealing with hair loss, including advice on wigs and scarves; and nail care techniques. All participants also receive a complimentary bag filled with name-brand cosmetics.
The national program is sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the National Cosmetology Association and the Personal Care Products Council.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Related Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a 540,000-square-foot hospital; six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,775 students and 748 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.