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March 2, 2017
U.S. Ambassador Chooses UAMS Myeloma Institute
March 2, 2017 | Ambassador Ruth A. Davis traveled the world as a U.S. diplomat during her 40 years with the U.S. Foreign Service. But when she learned she had a relapse of multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the blood, she headed to Arkansas and the UAMS Myeloma Institute. “I’ve often had…
February 24, 2017
UAMS Weight Control Clinic Helps Nurse Drop 80 Pounds
Feb. 24, 2017 | “Who’s going to take care of me when I can’t take care of myself?” Donnia Cox a patient in the UAMS Weight Control Clinic says she asked herself that question as she struggled to lose weight and get in shape. “I was at a point in my life where I realized…
February 17, 2017
Compassion Bags Brighten Day for UAMS Cancer Patients
Feb. 17, 2017 | A Valentine’s Day surprise brought smiles — and a few tears — to patients undergoing cancer treatment at UAMS. Thanks to the nonprofit organization Compassion That Compels and local boutique Altar’d State, 20 women were treated to a free totebag filled with items to comfort and support them while they undergo…
February 10, 2017
Young Jewelry Designer Supports Myeloma Research
Feb. 10, 2017 | Bailey McNeill of Raleigh, North Carolina, is a UAMS Myeloma Institute rock star. McNeill’s father was diagnosed with multiple myeloma at Duke University Hospital when she was in third grade. “He sat down with my sisters and me and explained that he would be traveling with my mom to a facility…
February 3, 2017
Mena Woman with AFib Back to Enjoying Life
Feb. 3, 2017 | Glenna Love enjoyed spending time in her garden, writing as a member of the writers’ guild and traveling the world. “We’ve had a great life,” said the 74-year-old from Mena. Love and her husband of 34 years, Robert Tomlinson, enjoy the memories they have of traveling across the sea to countries…
January 23, 2017
Lung Cancer Survivor Plays on With Help of UAMS
Jan. 23, 2017 | When Hot Springs musician Raymond Lovelace starting having migraine headaches in 2012, he set out to find the cause. “It raised a red flag,” he said, adding that he hadn’t experienced migraines for several years. After visiting his doctor in Hot Springs, he decided to seek a second opinion at UAMS….
January 5, 2017
Oxford Woman’s Elbow Saved After Gunshot
Jan. 5, 2017 | Kathy Thomas remembers a booming noise, then, immediately questioning what caused it. Following a Sunday church service in December 2015, Thomas and her husband spent the afternoon moving items into their new home in Oxford in north central Arkansas. Thomas was in tow with one of her husband’s handguns when the…
December 27, 2016
Former Student Donates Books, Teddy Bears to NICU Families
Dec. 27, 2016 | Spending the holiday season in the hospital can be difficult, which is why Erin Brewer was inspired to act. Armed with a bag full of teddy bears and a box full of “Cuddle Bear” books, Brewer and her two sons, Evan, 4, and Owen, 1, visited the UAMS neonatal intensive care…
December 21, 2016
Jacksonville Woman Survives Stroke Thanks to Quick Response
Dec. 21, 2016 | Vivian and Hubert Smith are known to their neighbors as the love birds. Married for 66 years, the Jacksonville couple enjoy each other’s company and spend their days conversing, reading and participating in group activities with their friends at their apartment complex. But the morning of Halloween 2016 proved to be…
December 15, 2016
Head Start Carolers Bring Joyous Songs, Smiles to UAMS
Dec. 15, 2016 | The hallways and offices at UAMS swelled with laughter, happiness and a festive spirit Dec. 15 as a troupe of UAMS Head Start preschoolers sang holiday songs for all to hear. As the children jingled into his office, UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., wished the kids a happy holiday season and…
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