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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.
July 13, 2015
Debilitating Headaches Reduced After Treating Brain Aneurysm
July 13, 2015 | Fanny Long, of Fayetteville, loves to travel with her husband and two daughters. With extended family members living all over the country, there is always a place to visit and enjoy the scenery.But her hobby had to take a backseat once she began having frequent, debilitating headaches more than a year ago.
July 1, 2015
Conway Couple Expecting First Child After Fertility Treatments
July 1, 2015 | Hannah Riley and her husband, Josh, spent years trying to start a family. After many disappointments, including two miscarriages, the couple was unsuccessful.
June 24, 2015
Betty Jo Ward’s name Added to Harry P. Ward Tower
June 24, 2015 | The strong, steady force behind a former UAMS chancellor was honored June 22 as Betty Jo Ward’s name was added to the Ward Tower building, originally named for her husband, the late Harry P. Ward.
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