UAMS News
May 12, 2014
Drug Trial for Castleman’s Gets Amazing Results
Carl Guenther was once told he had two years left to live. But a new drug treatment study led by UAMS has stretched that once-grim allotment into nine years and counting.
UAMS Drug Trial Leads to First FDA-Approved Treatment for Blood Disorder Called Castleman’s Disease
LITTLE ROCK – The first-ever treatment for a rare blood disorder called multicentric Castleman’s disease was approved recently by the Food and Drug Administration after drug trials headed by a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
May 9, 2014
Vaccine for Existing HPV, Pre-Cancerous Lesions Shows Promise
A potential breakthrough HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine for women who already have HPV appears to have passed its first major test for Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
May 8, 2014
Student Leadership Academy Provides UAMS Students with Essential Skills
UAMS students from its five different colleges and graduate school had the opportunity to look at leadership differently through the Student Leadership Academy held on campus in April.
May 7, 2014
May 27 Science Café — ‘Glowing in the Dark: Radiation & You’
LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Glowing in the Dark: Radiation & You, on May 27. Panelists will discuss radiation generation, effects and cutting-edge research on treatments for radiation exposure.
William Brooks Gentry, M.D., Appointed Chair of the UAMS Department of Anesthesiology
Williams Brooks Gentry, M.D., has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
William Brooks Gentry, M.D., Appointed Chair of the UAMS Department of Anesthesiology
Williams Brooks Gentry, M.D., has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
May 6, 2014
UAMS Educates on Behavior in Autism and Down Syndrome
UAMS and the Arkansas Down Syndrome Association hosted its eighth conference for health care professionals, educators and caregivers at the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on April 26-27.
May 5, 2014
Interprofessional Student Teams Vie to Treat Simulated Patients
May 5, 2014 | “Sim Wars: The Manikin Strikes Back” competition opened to an enthusiastic audience of about 200 UAMS students and faculty with almost the same flair as “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” did in 1980.
Arkansas Travelers to Host ‘Strike Out Stroke Night’ May 13
LITTLE ROCK — To help Arkansans learn how to survive stroke, the Arkansas Travelers are making May 13 “Strike Out Stroke Night” in partnership with AR SAVES, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-led statewide stroke program.
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