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September 22, 2015
Woman with Sickle Cell Disease Finds Help at UAMS
Sept. 22, 2015 | Today newborns in Arkansas are tested for sickle cell disease and other disorders before they leave the hospital. That wasn’t the case when Little Rock resident Phyllis Dickerson was born in 1964. The lack of testing, paired with a fairly healthy childhood, meant she wasn’t diagnosed with the disease until she…
September 15, 2015
Woman Enjoying Life Despite Fighting Cancer
Sept. 15, 2015|Suzanne Gatewood is enjoying life. Though she has been fighting breast cancer for 12 years, she says her outlook on life is more positive now than ever.
September 2, 2015
Knee Replacement Patient Doesn’t Skip a Beat After Surgery
Sept. 2, 2015 | One day after a total knee replacement, Jeanne Nash is able to move her leg up and down. With assistance from her daughter, Kayla, she’s even able to walk across her hospital room.
August 18, 2015
UAMS Takes ROC Stars Out to the Ballgame
Aug. 18, 2015 | While fans gathered for an Arkansas Travelers baseball game Aug. 14, the real heroes of the night also prepared to take the field.
August 12, 2015
Treatment for Pinched Nerve Allows Pitcher to Play College Ball
Aug. 12, 2015 | Two years ago, Andrea Kindrick, a stand-out pitcher for the Russellville Lady Cyclones softball team who will play for the University of Alabama this fall, began experiencing severe pain in her pitching arm. She had been treated with a variety of diagnoses including tendinitis and stress fractures. But none of the treatments were able to return her to previous performance levels.
August 4, 2015
Angels in Disguise
Korey Heath was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor at the age of 11. At the time, she didn’t even know what cancer was. Her medical treatment included radiation therapy at the UAMS Cancer Institute.
Korey’s father said that UAMS clinicians were angels in disguise. He stated UAMS was, “performing awesome miracles” in helping care for Korey and her family. “It’s phenomenal.”
“We’re just very thankful for UAMS at giving us this huge shot at life.”
August 3, 2015
Russellville Woman’s Scalp Reattached by UAMS Surgeon
Aug. 3,2015 | Cynthia Thompson, 22, was working at a factory in Russellville in June 2014 when machinery ripped her scalp from her head. She can recall many of the details clearly.
July 31, 2015
Healing Garden Comes To Life
July 31, 2015 | Like a blossoming perennial, the Donna and Sen. Percy Malone Healing Garden at the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute has grown and developed over the course of nearly seven years. Part of the initial design of the institute when it opened in 2008, the garden remained in the planning stages until some…
July 20, 2015
Deep Brain Stimulation Relieves Patient’s OCD Symptoms
July 20, 2015 | Thomasine Williams of Sherwood was constantly washing her hands and arranging and rearranging items. She was unable to go anywhere in public without taking a towel to sit on. She balked at opening doors and using silverware at restaurants.
July 16, 2015
Event Addresses Needs of Cancer Survivors
July 16, 2015 | The challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis often don’t end on the last day of treatment. For manycancer survivors, physical and emotional hurdles continue for years to come.
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