UAMS News
December 17, 2002
Findings on Blood Pressure Medicines Are “Good News” In Arkansas, UAMS Experts Say
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>The results of a giant international eight-year study of treatments for high blood pressure should be good news for the 28 percent of Arkansans with the condition, experts<b> </b>at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) said today.</span>
December 11, 2002
UAMS Surgeon Reports Easier Breast Tumor Removal
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>A surgeon in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has reported that a simpler method for removing small benign breast tumors can be successful in outpatient clinics.</span>
December 10, 2002
Executives at SBC Southwestern Bell, CenterPoint Energy Arkla Join UAMS Development Board
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>Ed Drilling, president of SBC Southwestern Bell, and Kathy Alexander, senior vice president of CenterPoint Energy Arkla, are new members of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Foundation Fund Board.</span>
Free Seminar on Memory Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>Two geriatricians will discuss memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease at a free seminar for the public and health care professionals at UAMS Tues., Dec. 10.</span>
November 25, 2002
Arkansas College of Medicine Makes Microsurgery Breakthrough Using $1 Pump; International Physicians to Come for Training
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>Using a second-hand electric pump and food coloring from a grocery store, neurosurgeons in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have created a breakthrough teaching technique for microsurgery.</span>
November 13, 2002
Polk County Women Send $3,000 to UAMS for Breast Cancer Research
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<p><span style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>A group of women in Polk County, Ark., sent a gift of almost $3,000 to the Arkansas Cancer Research Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) last week for breast cancer research.</span></p>
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November 12, 2002
Free Seminar and Screenings for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome at UAMS Dec. 7
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will sponsor a free seminar and screenings for carpal tunnel syndrome Saturday, Dec. 7.</span>
November 7, 2002
Free Aging and Dementia Seminar Nov. 12 at UAMS
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>A renowned researcher on aging and dementia will speak at a free seminar for the public and health care professionals Tues., Nov. 12, noon – 1 p.m., at UAMS.</span>
November 6, 2002
Eight More Medical Students Will Practice in Rural Arkansas Thanks to State-Funded Community Match Program
<span class=”content”><span style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>Eight new medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received appointments in the Community Match Program of the Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board.</span><br />
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Dr. John Dornhoffer Is First McGill Chair at UAMS
<span class=”content”><span style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>Dr. John L. Dornhoffer became the first Samuel D. McGill, junior, Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Friday, Nov. 1.</span><br />
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