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December 1, 2017

Faith in Cancer Care Team Keeps New Mexico Woman at UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

Dec. 1, 2017 | Tina Farber arrived in Arkansas with one thing on her mind — meeting her two new grandbabies. Her son’s third child had arrived in April, and her daughter was expecting her third about one month later. “I was planning to stay about two months,” said Farber, a native Arkansan who now…


November 21, 2017

Inspired Since Childhood, UAPB Graduate Hopes to One Day Treat Sickle Cell Patients

Katrina Dupins

Nov. 21, 2017 | Xavius Hymes, of Pine Bluff, has had a lifelong support group to help him mange sickle cell disease. Now the 22-year-old is looking to the future and the possibility of becoming a doctor to care for patients like himself. Diagnosed at birth, doctors say Hymes has always been proactive in taking…


November 13, 2017

Warren Man Finds Relief of Abdominal Pain

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Charles Goins UAMS

Nov. 13, 2017 | Charles Goins was unsure exactly what ailed him, but he knew the result was excruciating pain in his abdomen. When the discomfort began in December, the 69-year-old Warren native realized immediately that something was wrong. He spent the next several days in a hospital with a pain he had never experienced…


November 1, 2017

Kingsland Woman with Rare Lung Disease Finds Courage

Katrina Dupins

Nov. 1, 2017 | Randy Edwards is moved to tears when he talks about how far he’ll go to make sure his wife is happy and well. He says he felt helpless in February 2017 when Leah Edwards, 29, came down with pneumonia and wasn’t getting better. In April, Leah Edwards was vomiting and struggling…


October 23, 2017

Post-pregnancy Visits Made Convenient with Telemedicine

Katrina Dupins

Oct. 23, 2017 | Whether it’s her first child or her fifth, the postpartum trip to the doctor can be a hassle for a mother. The UAMS Center for Distance Health has started a new program that will make that visit more convenient. “Some of our patients travel a very long way to deliver here…


October 18, 2017

Competitive Golfer Finds Best Approach to Cancer Treatment

Katrina Dupins

Bill Wrentz, 67, visits the Cancer Institute once each quarter to monitor his chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Oct. 18, 2017 | Most patients find out they have chronic lymphocytic leukemia after a regular visit to their primary care provider. This blood cancer, commonly called CLL, is most often diagnosed in older patients. It happened this way for Bill Wrentz, 67, of Cabot. Wrentz was scheduled for a visit with his primary care…


October 12, 2017

Breast Cancer Didn’t Steal Little Rock Woman’s Zeal for Life

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Josephine Guiden Daniela Ochoa UAMS

Oct. 12, 2017 | The past year and a half has included many challenges for Josephine Guiden — being diagnosed with cancer, then chemotherapy, surgery and radiation treatments— but none of them have snatched her passion for life. “There’s power in knowing you have to be positive about life,” said the 70-year-old Little Rock resident….


October 11, 2017

Annual Gala for Life Raises $942,000 for UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Susan Van Dusen

Oct. 11, 2017 | The bright lights of New York City shone on Little Rock on Sept. 15 when the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute hosted its 22nd annual Gala for Life. The black-tie event, held at Little Rock’s Statehouse Convention Center, brought together 740 supporters from throughout Arkansas and raised about $942,000 for…


October 10, 2017

OrthoNow After-hours, Walk-in Clinic Provides Relief

Katrina Dupins

Oct. 10, 2017 | Since it opened in April, UAMS’ walk-in, after-hours clinic OrthoNow has been a welcome answer for many Arkansans, including UAMS employees. William Fuller, UAMS client services director for technical operations, tore his bicep tendon away from the bone in May. He went to the OrthoNow clinic on Autumn Road and saw…


October 6, 2017

Myeloma Patient’s Loved Ones Roll ‘Ride for Research’ in Her Honor

Linda Haymes

Glennie Barber Family UAMS Myeloma

Oct. 6, 2017 | Carolyn Barber, of El Dorado, waited as six of her loved ones – ­two daughters, a son, two granddaughters and a great-grandson – each rode 10 miles in the recent UAMS Myeloma Institute’s inaugural Ride for Research across central Arkansas in honor of the 75-year-old’s battle against myeloma. “It was wonderful,”…



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