December 23, 2015
American Heart Association Names UAMS ‘Fit Friendly Company’
Dec. 23, 2015 | The American Heart Association has recognized UAMS as a “Fit Friendly Company,” for being an employer that “goes above and beyond when it comes to their employees’ health.” Among the requirements to be named “Fit Friendly” are offering employees physical activity support, increasing healthy eating options at work and promoting a…
December 14, 2015
UAMS Research Published in Nature Medicine
Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and other institutions are reporting the discovery of the first broad spectrum drug that can potently kill senescent (or aging) cells in culture and effectively clear the cells in animals by specifically targeting a pathway that is critical for the survival of senescent cells. Findings…
December 8, 2015
12th Street Center Marks World AIDS Day
Dec. 8, 2015 | The UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center’s made the global local on Dec. 1, observing World AIDS Day by providing 36 patients with free HIV screenings. Most of those 36 people also sought a variety of other free health screenings, including screenings for blood pressure, glucose levels and blood pressure….
December 4, 2015
UAMS Becomes Home to Cancer Imaging Archive for NCI
Dec. 4, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become home to The Cancer Imaging Archive of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) with the transfer to UAMS of more than 40 terabytes of data from the archive’s former home at Washington University in St. Louis. “Through the archive, UAMS has important linkages…
UAMS Becomes Home to Cancer Imaging Archive for National Cancer Institute
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become home to The Cancer Imaging Archive of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) with the transfer to UAMS of more than 40 terabytes of data from the archive’s former home at Washington University in St. Louis. “Through the archive, UAMS has important linkages…
November 25, 2015
Two Schmieding-Trained Brothers Provide Care for Mother, Each Other
Nov. 25, 2015 | Brothers Ronald and J.C. Skipper don’t need to tell you about the virtues of home caregiving and love of family. They can just show it to you. When their mother, Willie Mae Skipper, began showing symptoms of vascular dementia at her home in Clarksdale, Miss., J.C. Skipper moved her to his…
UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Provide Health Screenings Dec. 1 in Observance of World AIDS Day
LITTLE ROCK – In observance of World AIDS Day, the public is invited to participate in free health care screenings from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 1 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, 4010 W. 12th St. The center will provide free HIV testing. The testing will be…
November 17, 2015
Caregiving Enriches Caregiver, Leads to Rewarding Career
Nov. 17, 2015 | Long lives can radiate wisdom and even joy. Home caregiver Sue Carter, of Elkins, knows an invisible benefit of her chosen occupation is being able to bask in that radiant warmth. Sue has been caring for and learning from older adults for more than 15 years. In the 1990s, at the…
November 16, 2015
UAMS/Schmieding Program Earns New Designation, Potentially Extending Caregiver Curriculum in New Avenues
LITTLE ROCK – The UAMS/ Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program has been designated as an intermediate-level, evidence-based health promotion program, making it possible for other caregiver training providers to seek federal funds to purchase the program’s curriculum materials and through them expand the program’s reach and positive influence. The Arkansas Department of Human Services-Division of…
November 12, 2015
STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Draws Crowd
Nov. 12, 2015 | Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease increased 68 percent in the first decade of the century, a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum audience learned recently. About 90 people filled a large conference room Nov. 3 at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging to hear UAMS researchers tell how they are working to…
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