May 30, 2019
STAR Student Sees Results from HealthyNOW Program
Dustin Farber of Malvern is stronger, faster and leaner as a fifth grader than he was one year ago. His mother and his teachers at Wilson Intermediate School have noticed the change. He’s one of many students across four rural Arkansas School Districts who has participated in the HealthyNOW program, a web-based effort designed to…
May 21, 2019
Weeks After Joint Replacement, Tennis Player Dominates Tournament
Michèle Perry, 57, is a talented athlete who is happiest when she is moving. From softball to swimming, Perry is not afraid to take on something new. In September 2015, she started playing tennis and discovered she was quite good. The following year, when she noticed pain in her leg while doing certain exercises, she…
May 10, 2019
Culinary Class Offered to Patients During Infertility Awareness Week
A group of women gathered inside a commercial kitchen in Little Rock recently for a UAMS-led culinary medicine cooking class. Culinary medicine is the practice of helping patients use nutrition and good cooking habits to restore and maintain health. UAMS is developing a culinary medicine program for health profession students, but this is the first…
Monticello Couple Welcome Baby with Help of Fertility Specialist
When Cole Benjamin Bratton was born in January, he was screaming at the top of his lungs. That is exactly what his parents hoped he would do. Married in 2008, Laci and Rickie Bratton knew they wanted to be parents. After two years of trying and no pregnancy, they decided to see a fertility specialist….
April 29, 2019
Woman Relaxed for First Time in Years After Complex Spine Surgery
Last fall, just getting out of a chair and walking from one room to the next was a labored and painful experience for Denise Frerichs. The pain was excruciating and it ran down from her back to her legs. “The pain started about two years ago. At first I thought it would get better. I…
April 24, 2019
Colorectal Cancer Patient Says UAMS Saved Her Life
When a doctor told Lowetta Bishop she had colorectal cancer, she told him he was wrong. “I’d gone to my family doctor for a regular visit, I told him I’d experienced bleeding, but not often. We both agreed it was probably hemorrhoids,” Bishop said. “We scheduled a colonoscopy and the doctor there told me it…
April 22, 2019
U.S. Sen Tom Cotton and Family Tour UAMS NICU
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton visited the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) April 19 to get a glimpse of the life-saving environment that takes care of babies born prematurely, some who have to stay weeks and months separated from their families.
April 17, 2019
Former Preemies Return to UAMS NICU for Fun and Games
Nurses and neonatologists who work in the NICU say it’s an exciting time for them to see how much the children have grown since they left the NICU, whether it was 3 months ago or decades ago. About 200 families and UAMS staff attended the annual NICU Reunion held April 13 at UAMS Medical Center….
April 16, 2019
Physician Treats Rare Cerebrovascular Disease, Restores Patient’s Vision
The first thing Valerie Hutchens noticed when she woke up in the recovery room after surgery was how much clearer the voices around her sounded. “I can hear you!” she said to her surgeon, Martin Radvany, M.D., UAMS interventional neuroradiologist. Among the myriad of symptoms Hutchens experienced with idiopathic intracranial hypertension was a constant whooshing…
April 12, 2019
Greenbrier Family Makes Donation to UAMS NICU
The feeling of nostalgia overwhelmed Micah Haupt as she stepped off the elevator in the UAMS Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Her husband, Will, held their 1-year-old son, Hayes. Hutch, 4, followed along. The family had not been in the NICU since Hayes was discharged last year after a 93-day stay. They were…
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