UAMS News
October 9, 2006
UAMS Finds Statins Extend Life for Elderly at Risk of Dying
LITTLE ROCK – In the largest study of its kind, J.L. Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins increased the life expectancy of elderly patients by an average of two years compared to non-statin users.
October 4, 2006
UAMS Witness Project Director Named Purpose Prize Fellow
LITTLE ROCK — Charlie Stayton, director of the Witness Project at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named an inaugural Purpose Prize Fellow by Civic Ventures, a national think tank and project incubator that uses the talents of older adults to promote social change.
October 3, 2006
UAMS Receives $820,000 Minority Nurse Recruitment Grant
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing has received an $820,418 federal grant to finance a minority nurse recruitment and retention program for three years.
October 2, 2006
Tiny Hands Monster Bash to Benefit UAMS Family Home, Neonatal Nursery
LITTLE ROCK – Celebrate Halloween early by attending the Tiny Hands Monster Bash, a fund-raiser benefiting the UAMS Family Home and neonatal intensive care unit. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at Next Level Events in the Train Station at 1400 W. Markham St.
September 29, 2006
Sex Hormone Receptors Can Indicate More Aggressive Brain Tumors, Report UAMS Researchers
LITTLE ROCK – The presence or absence of receptors for sex hormones on the surface of a brain tumor can indicate if the tumor is more likely to recur or to grow aggressively, reported University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers in the August issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
September 28, 2006
UAMS Researcher Receives $913,000 Grant From American Cancer Society to Study HPV Virus
LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a grant of $913,000 from the American Cancer Society to study how the immune system of some women spontaneously clears the body of human papilloma virus (HPV).
September 27, 2006
Kalapatapu Joins UAMS Vascular Surgery Team
LITTLE ROCK – Dr. Venkat Kalapatapu has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Vascular Surgery as an assistant professor and vascular surgeon.
September 26, 2006
UAMS Holds Second Conference on Childhood Obesity
LITTLE ROCK – State leaders hope to provide a forum for schools to share with one another what they are doing to reduce childhood obesity at a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health conference on Monday for schools across the state. The conference is co-sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Health and the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI).
Program on Breast and Cervical Health Offered Oct. 9, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project
LITTLE ROCK – An informational program on breast and cervical health will be offered Oct. 9 to St. Francis and Monroe county women by The Witness Project, a community-based cancer education program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health. The program will be held at 6 p.m. at the Good Hope Free Will Baptist Church, 105 Memphis Blvd., in Wheatley.
September 20, 2006
UAMS Use of Technology Recognized as ‘Most Wired’
LITTLE ROCK – For the fifth time in eight years, the Hospitals & Health Networks magazine of the American Hospital Association publication has named the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center as one of the “100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems” for its use of technology.
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