UAMS News
April 21, 2020
UAMS Nurses, Respiratory Therapists Help New York City with COVID-19
Megan Witzke, R.N., didn’t wait a New York minute to get in touch with her team once she read the names of the other UAMS nurses with whom she would be traveling to help treat COVID-19 patients.
April 2, 2020
Diamondhead Man Beats 3 Types of Cancer with UAMS’ ‘World-Class Care’
Larry Seals doesn’t back down from a challenge. As a highly decorated helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, Seals saw more than his share of conflict and hardship. But through it all, he never lost his sense of humor or positive attitude.
March 26, 2020
UAMS Names New Northwest Arkansas Family Medicine Resident Physicians and Sports Medicine Fellow
FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced the 10 new family medicine resident physicians and one new sports medicine fellow. The new residents, who will start on June 15, are: Jovan Baker, M.D. – Hometown: Orlando, Fla. Kris De Nagel, M.D. – Hometown: Viera, Fla. Renee Frederick, M.D. – Jacksonville, Fla….
March 19, 2020
Florida State Professor Says Food Can Help Manage Chronic Diseases
The connection between food and health dates back at least to the time of the Greek physician Hippocrates, said Bahram H. Arjmandi, Ph.D., who recently spoke at UAMS on the role functional foods can play in managing chronic diseases. “Hippocrates said, ‘Let food be thy medicine and let medicine by thy food,’” said Arimandi, professor…
March 17, 2020
Student Doesn’t Miss a Beat with New Leadless Pacemaker
Last year at this time, Catherine (Kathi) Clevenger was running an average of six miles every day and would spend her free time studying at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. But around August, she noticed something was off. She would occasionally experience shortness of breath, heart palpitations and fainting. “Sometimes I would wake…
UAMS Scientists Awarded Grants for Cancer Research
Newly awarded grants are advancing research efforts at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Three Seeds of Science small grant awards of $50,000 each were presented March 5 to UAMS cancer researchers at “The Doctor is in” event hosted by the Envoys volunteer advocacy group.
March 2, 2020
UAMS Receives Grant to Address Teen Pregnancy and Other Youth Health Issues
FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received a three-year, $960,000 grant to empower teens to make healthy decisions by providing tools and resources to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and risky behavior among youths in Washington County. The Teen Outreach Program (TOP) grant is funded by the U.S. Department…
Arkansan’s Golf Swing Breaks Back, Leads to Myeloma Diagnosis
In 2017, Wade Bennett of Hackett, Arkansas, was 50, and physically active, both in his work as the owner of his company, WB Drywall, and in his leisure time. He also thought he was in good health. “I had a golf tournament coming up and I was swinging an eight iron in my yard and…
February 25, 2020
Patient Moves Forward in Sickle Cell Care and in Life
Feb. 25, 2020 | Maturing into adulthood often means leaving familiar things behind while embracing new ones, and Jayla Buford did just that in late 2019 as a sickle cell patient. Buford had been receiving care through the sickle cell program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital since she was 4. In late 2019, now an adult,…
February 19, 2020
UAMS Breast Cancer Survivors Honored at Little Rock Trojans Pink Game
Kristina Payne wants to show the world there is life after breast cancer. “It’s scary, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Payne, a three-year survivor and access manager at UAMS.
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