Nov. 23, 2015 | Nov. 23, 2015 | What happens to the lungs when someone smokes? What is atherosclerosis, and how does it affect the heart? Thirty preschool teachers learned the answers to these questions and more during a “Healthy Heart & Lungs” professional development workshop by UAMS’ Partners in Health Sciences program on Nov. 5 in Education Building...
Nov. 20, 2015 | Nov. 20, 2015 | Nearly 100 students from the UAMS College of Nursing were recently inducted to the Gamma Xi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, the honor society for nursing. The ceremony, held Nov. 15 in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center on the UAMS campus, welcomed 149 new members to Sigma Theta Tau...
Nov. 18, 2015 | Nov. 18, 2015 | Three UAMS physicians were recognized by Arkansas Business as Health Care Heroes during a Nov. 18 luncheon at Embassy Suites in Little Rock. The awards program honors individuals, companies and organizations that are making significant contributions to providing quality health care in Arkansas. John P. Shock, M.D., a distinguished professor in...
Nov. 18, 2015 | Nov. 18, 2015 | Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at UAMS, implored her fellow health care professionals to identify a need and find a way to help meet it. Beverly’s call to action was part of the 10th annual Distinguished Leader in Nursing Lecture Series sponsored by...
Nov. 17, 2015 | Nov. 17, 2015 | Long lives can radiate wisdom and even joy. Home caregiver Sue Carter, of Elkins, knows an invisible benefit of her chosen occupation is being able to bask in that radiant warmth. Sue has been caring for and learning from older adults for more than 15 years. In the 1990s, at the...
Nov. 16, 2015 | Nov. 16, 2015 | More than 100 community leaders from across north central Arkansas enjoyed an evening of food and conversation Nov. 12, during the inaugural reception of the Friends of UAMS – Batesville Chapter. The evening event was held at the Batesville home of Dianne and Mark Lamberth. Dianne Lamberth is a member of...
Nov. 13, 2015 | Nov. 13, 2015 | Team UAMS members delivered 325 care packages to veterans this week to honor them for their service. Over two days, Nov. 10-11, packages were delivered at the Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center at Fort Roots in North Little Rock, to veteran patients in UAMS Medical Center and to veterans housed in transitional...
Nov. 12, 2015 | Nov. 12, 2015 | The effects of tobacco use on young people highlighted a recent day-long event co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Tobacco and Disease: The Sixth Annual Lung Cancer Symposium was held Nov. 6 at St. Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock and welcomed lung cancer experts, survivors, youth...
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...