October 19, 2018
Junior BSN Students Don Their White Coats
![UAMS College of Nursing juniors stand and recite the Nightingale Pledge before putting on their white coats on stage.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CON-White-Coat-2018-featured-150x150.jpg)
Jodie McGinley shared a life lesson with the 118 UAMS College of Nursing juniors gathered Oct. 12 for a White Coat Ceremony marking their passage into the clinical phase of their education.
October 11, 2018
New Technology to Examine Heart, Brain of Fetus During Pregnancy
![Shyanne Chisum gets into a comfortable position before the SARA 2.0 technology that she is helping to test is used.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SARA-2-featured-1-150x150.jpg)
Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., and his research team are working hard to see if a new generation of technology can improve on a device developed at UAMS while lowering its cost and benefitting pregnant mothers.
October 5, 2018
19th Geriatric Update Spotlights Caring for Patients with Terminal, Advanced Dementia
![Angela Catic, M.D., speaks about tube feeding versus hand feeding with advanced dementia patients.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/GeriatricUpdate-2018-Catic-150x150.jpg)
In caring for a patient with advanced dementia, hand feeding can give them something much more than simply nutrition near the end of life. It can give them a feeling of comfort, support and contentment, Angela Catic, M.D., said to the audience at the 19th annual Geriatric Update and Long-term Care Conference held Sept. 20-22 at UAMS.
October 2, 2018
Symposium Spotlights Psychology of Sickle Cell Disease
![The Rev. Johnny Smith talks about the faith community and attitudes toward illness and health.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SickleCell2018-featured-150x150.jpg)
By 2014, Shamonica Wiggins had reached a point where she couldn’t cope with her sickle cell disease. She felt lost and defeated until a therapist helped her try a new approach.
September 28, 2018
UAMS-Sponsored Senior Expo Attracts More Than 1,500
![UAMS staff visit with one of the attendees at the Senior Expo at the Statehouse Convention Center.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Senior-Expo-booth-150x150.jpg)
Sept. 28, 2018 | More than 1,500 seniors thronged the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock to add another banner year to the Senior Expo’s history of success.
September 25, 2018
Center on Aging-Northeast Will Assist in Medicare Open Enrollment
Sept. 25, 2018 | The Center on Aging-Northeast, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will once again assist Medicare participants with their prescription drug plans during the open enrollment period by providing non-biased evaluations and enrollment assistance.
September 21, 2018
UAMS Physician Saves Teen from Effects of Rare Stroke
![Dra Bishop, 16, prepares to shoot a free throw. Bishop had a stroke in late May, but after treatment from UAMS physician Martin Radvany, M.D., he is almost fully recovered.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PatientStory-Bishop-featured-150x150.jpg)
Early on May 27, UAMS neuroradiologist Martin Radvany, M.D., was working to make sure that a joke about stroke from teenager Dra Bishop was not the last joke Dra made. Bishop’s stroke was not a laughing matter. Dra, 16, a Bentonville High School and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball player, was feeling a little sluggish…
September 20, 2018
FAITH Summit Draws Leaders to Address Mental Health Disparities
![Kenneth O. Young, right, watches as Leanne Lefler guides a blindfolded volunteer from the audience through an obstacle course at the FAITH Network Summit.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FAITHSummit-featured2-150x150.jpg)
Sept. 20, 2018 | A blindfolded volunteer stood Sept. 14 at the FAITH Network Summit in Little Rock as people in the audience shouted directions to guide her through an improvised obstacle course of stools and chairs.
September 19, 2018
Adult Vaccinations to Be Given Sept. 28 at UAMS Schmieding Center in Springdale
Sept. 19, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Caregiver Training Program and Walgreens are working together to provide adult vaccinations Sept. 28 at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale. Adult vaccinations for flu and pneumonia will be administered from 9-11 a.m. at the center at…
September 18, 2018
Arkansas Summit Oct. 25 to Showcase State’s Life Science-based Companies
Sept. 18, 2018 | Entrepreneurs, investors, research scientists, service providers and the public interested in technology companies that develop products to improve people’s lives and health are invited to the Arkansas Life Sciences Summit to be held Oct. 25 in Conway. The event will showcase presentations from 11 of the fastest-growing technology companies with research…
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