UAMS News
February 19, 2009
Tobacco Tax Becomes Law; Provides $86 Million for Health Improvements
A new tobacco tax will provide $86 million to improve the health of Arkansans. Gov. Mike Beebe signed House Bill 1204 into law Feb. 17 at a ceremony at the State Capitol.
February 18, 2009
Al-Qaisi Joins Faculty of UAMS Myeloma Institute
LITTLE ROCK – Abeer Said Al-Qaisi, M.D., has joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients in the UAMS Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy.
Feb. 24, Science Café – ‘Charles Darwin: Man & Myth’
LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Charles Darwin: Man & Myth on Feb. 24. Panelists will discus Darwin’s scientific work on coral atolls, barnacles, plants, genetics and Arkansas geological fossils and strata.<span class=”content”></span>
February 17, 2009
UAMS Doctor Honors Wife’s Career with Nursing Scholarship
Dr. Nicholas Lang establishes a scholarship in honor of his wife, Helen Lang, R.N.
February 13, 2009
UAMS Doctor Honors Wife with Nursing Scholarship
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – The importance of patient care in the operating room isn’t lost on Nicholas Lang, M.D., chief medical officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.</FONT>
February 11, 2009
Racial Challenges Continue, Rockefeller Foundation President Says
It will take confronting the racial elements in issues such as poverty and health disparities to achieve true social justice, the president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation said at an event Feb. 5 to commemorate Black History Month and the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
February 9, 2009
UAMS-sponsored Midsouth Summit Black Expo Celebrates Black History Month
<font class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The Fifth Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Cancer Control Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will celebrate black history month with an event highlighting the importance of cancer screenings and education. </font><br>
February 6, 2009
UAMS Weight-Based Teasing Study in Top 10
A study led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) landed in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Top 10 most influential policy research articles published in 2008.
February 5, 2009
UAMS Family Medicine Researchers Receive $985,000 Grant to Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates
<FONT class=content>LITTLE ROCK – A $985,000 grant will help more University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) resident physicians reach Arkansas patients about the importance of colon cancer screenings.</FONT>
Child Inspires Donation of Phototherapy Machine to UAMS
For 5-year-old Helen Woodyard and her family, the 320-mile trip from their Little Rock home to Dallas for her medical treatment became all too familiar.
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