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November 3, 2015
Beebe Man’s Leg Pain Gone after Treatment for Artery Disease
Nov. 3, 2015 | When David McAfee showed up in January at a free peripheral artery disease (PAD) screening put on by UAMS, he didn’t know what to expect. All he knew is he had heard UAMS’ Matthew Smeds, M.D., on the news describing the symptoms of PAD, which sounded suspiciously like the debilitating pain…
October 27, 2015
Grateful Sarcoma Survivor Starts Charity to Fund Research
Oct. 27, 2015 | Kristi Rogers is a woman on a mission. Her diagnosis with a rare form of cancer opened her eyes to the need for more research to help doctors better understand cancers that aren’t exactly household names. Cancers like alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS), an incredibly rare type of sarcoma, which is a…
October 23, 2015
UAMS Awarded Nearly $1 Million for Medicaid Savings
Oct. 23, 2015 | UAMS today demonstrated it is leading the state in improving patient care while also saving money as Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., accepted $927,642 from Medicaid for its part in helping Arkansas avoid $34 million in Medicaid costs in 2014. UAMS received the largest amount of the $5.3 million that Medicaid and…
October 1, 2015
New Hip Gives Dardanelle Woman Back Her Life
Oct. 1, 2015 | By the time Nancy Zerr turned to Lowry Barnes, M.D., and UAMS for a total hip replacement, she was ready for the pain to stop. “For about a year and half before the surgery, it was hard to sleep at night. It was hard to get out of bed and walk,”…
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.”
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