Nov. 12, 2015 | Nov. 12, 2015 | Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease increased 68 percent in the first decade of the century, a STOP Alzheimer’s education forum audience learned recently. About 90 people filled a large conference room Nov. 3 at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging to hear UAMS researchers tell how they are working to...
Nov. 10, 2015 | Nov. 10, 2015 | When Denise Henderson contacted the UAMS Schmieding Caregiver Program, she was searching for help in knowing the best way to care for her mother, who had trouble seeing and breathing. Henderson’s mother, who lived in Hot Springs, had glaucoma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a disease in which a person’s internal...
Nov. 10, 2015 | Nov.10, 2015 | Michael Phillips and Justin Goucher are third-year nursing students at UAMS with a desire to serve. That desire brought them to the BSN program in the UAMS College of Nursing but began long before they entertained the thought of a nursing career. Before patient care became their goal, they were in the...
Nov. 9, 2015 | Nov. 9, 2015| Bacon enthusiasts sampled everything from bacon cotton candy to bacon cinnamon twists at the third annual Rock Town Bacon Throwdown held Oct. 24. The event was hosted by the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary’s Aux Crew to raise money for the UAMS Patient Support Fund, which supports programs at UAMS. It was held...
Nov. 6, 2015 | Nov. 6, 2015 | Behind the headlines of his breast cancer vaccine, now in a phase II clinical trial, UAMS’ Thomas Kieber-Emmons, Ph.D., tells a back story that inspires him and even draws applause from colleagues. Kieber-Emmons peppers the story with some significant numbers: 1, 6, 28, 1,500, 4,000. The story begins in 2005 with...
Nov. 4, 2015 | Nov. 4, 2015 | Cora Lee and Arthur “Ott” Ray had been partners in life for many years as they raised their children in Hot Springs. So when Cora Lee — long after the children had grown up and moved away — was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Ott took that partnership another step as he...
Nov. 4, 2015 | Nov. 4, 2015 | There are many patients, pairs of scrubs and worn-out tennis shoes, and a seasoned stethoscope in a nurse’s career, and it all begins with the first white coat. More than 300 family members and friends, along with UAMS College of Nursing faculty and alumni, gathered Oct. 9 at Fellowship Bible Church...
Nov. 2, 2015 | Nov. 2, 2015 | Sami Uwaydat, M.D., was invested Oct. 30 in the Martha Wood Bentley Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Uwaydat is an ophthalmologist at the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute and associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine. He joined UAMS in 2008 and...
Nov. 2, 2015 | Nov. 2, 2015 | The new optical shop at UAMS was honored recently with a design award at the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) South Central Chapter 2015 Excellence in Design Awards Gala in New Orleans. The optical shop, which opened in the fall of 2014, was designed by Polk Stanley Wilcox in Little...
Oct. 29, 2015 | Oct. 29, 2015 | Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Baptist Health, St. Bernards Healthcare, The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Washington Regional Medical System today announced the formation of The Partnership for a Healthy Arkansas, a Shared Services Organization. According to its founding members, this innovative collaboration will bring together the five...