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April 11, 2017
Cataract Surgery Brings Color Back for Little Rock Artist
April 11, 2017 | There are many things graphic artist and retired art teacher Jodi Shull loves about art, but she loves the vibrant colors most. “I love being able to manipulate them in many ways,” she said. Shull, 65, has made art a lifetime passion and career. She previously owned a studio in downtown…
April 3, 2017
Bony Sinus Tumor Removed Without a Single Cut
April 3, 2017 | Mary Neal French went in for surgery to remove a bony tumor from her sinus last September and woke up to find the tumor gone. But her surgeon didn’t have to make a single cut. French said she began having headaches with a lot of pressure in July. She believed it…
March 21, 2017
UAMS Surgeons Reattach Texas Man’s Hand After Sawmill Accident
March 21, 2017 | It was not uncommon for a seasoned sawmill operator like Mauro Santiago to remove a lodged piece of wood from his machine, but what happened the morning of Aug. 15 was anything but routine. As he reached to free a piece of lumber, Santiago, 29, accidentally bumped a lever that activated…
March 13, 2017
Promise to Patient Inspires UAMS Doctor to run Half Marathon
March 13, 2017 | When Nikhil Meena, M.D., crossed the finish line of his first half marathon March 5, his patient, the late Joe Cook, symbolically crossed it with him. Cook, who died of lung cancer July 2, 2016, had taken up long-distance running about a year earlier after watching several friends enjoy the sport….
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….
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