June 3, 2016
Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be held June 17
June 3, 2016 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop June 17 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop will be held 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at…
June 1, 2016
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Gives $1.5 Million for Endowed Chair at UAMS Reynolds Institute on Aging
June 1, 2016 | To establish the Wes Smith Distinguished Chair in Geriatrics for Longevity, Health Promotion and Frailty Prevention, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has given a $1.5 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. An endowed chair is the highest academic honor a university…
May 25, 2016
USDA Gives $1.6 Million to Improve Health in Arkansas Delta
May 25, 2016 | The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $1.6 million to two institutions to improve health in the Arkansas Delta through providing on-site simulation training for rural providers. At a news conference today at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Vernita Dore, USDA deputy under secretary of Rural Development, announced the…
May 20, 2016
STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Focuses on Women
May 20, 2016 | Nearly two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s disease are women, and a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum audience recently found out how, in some cases, estrogen-replacement might help some perimenopausal women to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia. Several dozen people gathered in the Jo Ellen Ford auditorium May 10 at the UAMS…
May 18, 2016
Mega Brain Debuts at Strike Out Stroke Nights
May 18, 2016 | The 5-year-old boy’s eyes were wide with wonder outside busy Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock as he spied not his baseball hero but the giant, inflatable Mega Brain. Mega Brain was there May 5 for Strike Out Stroke night, an event to raise public awareness about stroke that is organized…
May 16, 2016
Hong-Yu Li, Ph.D., Named ARA Scholar, Awarded Adams Chair
May 16, 2016 | Hong-yu Li, Ph. D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was named an Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Scholar at a news conference today at the Governor’s Mansion. In a ceremony following the conference, he also was named to the Helen…
May 12, 2016
Historical Research Center Celebrates Expansion, New Space
May 12, 2016 | Unique artifacts such as a scrapbook of varnished tissue specimens along with historical documents such as a Civil War surgeon’s letters on the health of soldiers recently moved into newly renovated space at UAMS. The Historical Research Center of the UAMS Library now includes a research room open to the public,…
Stroke Program Helps Lower Arkansas to Sixth from First in Stroke Deaths
May 12, 2016 | Arkansas recently fell to sixth in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita after many years in first place, a huge improvement that health officials credit in part to a statewide telemedicine program of stroke education and treatment. The program — Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support, or…
May 9, 2016
UAMS Study Finds Health Disparities among Patients Traveling for Parathyroid Surgery
April 29, 2014 | Significant disparities based on race and insurance coverage exist among patients undergoing parathyroid surgery in the United States and may hamper their medical travel for access to the surgery, according to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research. In a report published online today in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and…
May 6, 2016
UAMS South Central Center on Aging to Hold Free Family Caregiver Workshop May 26-27 in Pine Bluff
LITTLE ROCK – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 26-27 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop will be held 8 a.m. – noon at the…
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