UAMS News
February 7, 2003
Five UAMS Physicians Receive Geriatrics Certification
<span class=”content”><span style=”font-size: 13px;”><span style=”font-family: arial;”>Five physicians at the <ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACETYPE><span style=”font-weight: normal;”>University</span></ST1:PLACETYPE> <span style=”font-weight: normal;”>of </span><ST1:PLACENAME><span style=”font-weight: normal;”>Arkansas</span></ST1:PLACENAME> </ST1:PLACE><span style=”font-weight: normal;”>for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received certification as geriatricians, or subspecialists in medical care for the elderly.<O:P></O:P></span></span><O:P></O:P></span><O:P></O:P></span>
February 3, 2003
Free Seminar on Hand Arthritis March 8 at UAMS
<span style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will sponsor a free seminar on arthritis in the hands Saturday, March 8.</span><span class=”content”></span>
January 31, 2003
UAMS Reports Gene Profiling Technique for Personalized Myeloma Treatment
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>A scientist at the <ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACETYPE>University</ST1:PLACETYPE> of <ST1:PLACENAME>Arkansas</ST1:PLACENAME> </ST1:PLACE>for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has reported a gene profiling technique that may eventually enable cancer doctors to prescribe “personalized” treatments for individual patients with the rare and deadly disease multiple myeloma.<O:P></O:P></span>
January 28, 2003
Free Seminar on Colon Cancer Prevention at UAMS March 1
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free public seminar on prevention of colon cancer Sat., March 1.</span>
UAMS Open House on Opthalmic Medical Technology Careers Feb. 21
<span style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>The <ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACETYPE>University</ST1:PLACETYPE> of <ST1:PLACENAME>Arkansas</ST1:PLACENAME> </ST1:PLACE>for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold an open house for its Ophthalmic Medical Technology Program from <ST1:TIME Minute=”30″ Hour=”10″>10:30 a.m.</ST1:TIME> until <ST1:TIME Minute=”0″ Hour=”12″>noon</ST1:TIME> on Friday, Feb. 21.<O:P></O:P></span>
UAMS Pediatrics Chief Elected to American Pediatric Society
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>The chief of pediatrics at the <ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACETYPE>University</ST1:PLACETYPE> of <ST1:PLACENAME>Arkansas</ST1:PLACENAME> </ST1:PLACE>for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been elected to the prestigious American Pediatric Society.</span>
January 23, 2003
UAMS Gets $100,000 Myeloma Research Grant
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>A research project now underway at the <ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACETYPE>University</ST1:PLACETYPE> of <ST1:PLACENAME>Arkansas</ST1:PLACENAME> </ST1:PLACE>for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to develop myeloma-killing white blood cells has earned a $100,000 grant from the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF).</span>
January 16, 2003
UAMS Speech Pathologist Elected to International Council
<span class=”content”><span style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>Dr. Thomas W. Guyette of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is one of two newly-elected members of the Executive Council of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.</span><br />
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January 8, 2003
Drug Users Falling Through Health Care Net; UAMS Looks For The Holes
<p class=”content”><span style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>A social scientist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will examine drug abuse and related mental illnesses in rural populations in the Arkansas Delta, Appalachia in Kentucky, and Ohio thanks to a new federal grant of $6.1 million.</span> </p>
January 6, 2003
UAMS Leads Search for Answers on Cleft Palate, Other Biotin-related Birth Defects
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 13px; font-family: arial;”>A biochemist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine is leading the study of how biotin, a micronutrient found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, may affect fetal development. There appears to be a link between the pregnant woman’s biotin intake and cleft palates, in which the roof of the baby’s mouth is split. There also may be a link to severely shortened arms and legs.</span>
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