February 11, 2009

Racial Challenges Continue, Rockefeller Foundation President Says

Kelly Gardner

It will take confronting the racial elements in issues such as poverty and health disparities to achieve true social justice, the president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation said at an event Feb. 5 to commemorate Black History Month and the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


February 6, 2009

UAMS Weight-Based Teasing Study in Top 10

Kelly Gardner

A study led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) landed in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Top 10 most influential policy research articles published in 2008.


February 2, 2009

Weight Loss Helps Reduce Urinary Incontinence, Study Finds

Kelly Gardner

Losing weight helps women reduce urinary incontinence, according to a clinical trial co-authored by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) researcher and published in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.


January 28, 2009

Web Cams to Help Parents Connect with Preemies

Kelly Gardner

UAMS Web cameras help parents of premature babies bond with newborns through the use of technology


January 16, 2009

UAMS Celebrates Opening of 10-story High-Tech Hospital

Kelly Gardner

<P style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”><SPAN class=content>LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) supporters, patients and their families today celebrated the opening of a 540,000-square-foot hospital replacing most of the patient care services in the original 52-year-old UAMS Medical Center building.</SPAN></P>


January 15, 2009

UAMS BioVentures Company to Market Cost-Cutting Services for Pharmacy Benefit Programs

Kelly Gardner

<P style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt”><SPAN class=content>LITTLE ROCK – The concept behind a unique program that saves Arkansas millions of dollars in Medicaid drug costs has spawned a new startup company through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures. </SPAN></P>



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