August 10, 2006
UAMS Brings High-Risk Pregnancy Program to White County
LITTLE ROCK — Women in White County no longer have to drive to Little Rock for high-risk pregnancy ultrasounds thanks to the expansion of the ANGELS program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
July 28, 2006
Use of Tobacco Quitline Far Exceeds Expectations
LITTLE ROCK – The tobacco Quitline, a treatment program offered at no cost to the public by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health, has enjoyed tremendous success in its first year with monthly calls rising from 169 calls in July 2005 to nearly 500 in June.
June 12, 2006
UAMS Liver Transplant Recipients Celebrate First Anniversary of State’s Only Liver Transplant Program
LITTLE ROCK – The liver transplant program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today celebrated the first anniversary of the state’s first liver transplant with many of the program’s 28 transplant recipients and their families.
May 26, 2006
Northwest Arkansas Event to Promote Successful Aging
LITTLE ROCK — Aging in Arkansas will be the focus of an event scheduled for Nov. 3-4 in Rogers. The Silver Summit will be held at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center and will feature topics of interest to home caregivers, health care professionals, baby boomers and others interested in successful aging.
April 20, 2006
Golf Tournament, Auction to Benefit ALS Research at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – The 6th annual Paul Dunn Golf Classic & Auction, to benefit the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) search for better treatments and a cure for ALS, will be held May 21 and 22.
April 18, 2006
New Research Computer at UAMS First of its Kind in State
LITTLE ROCK – The quest for new medical treatments through research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) can now take advantage of a high-speed fiber optic data network and a super computer that is the only one of its kind in Arkansas for medical research.
April 17, 2006
Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer, Initial Study Results Show
LITTLE ROCK – Initial results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, or STAR, show that the drug raloxifene, currently used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, works as well as tamoxifen in reducing breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women at increased risk of the disease. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) participated in this clinical trial, one of the largest breast cancer prevention trials ever conducted.
April 6, 2006
UAMS’ Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., First Recipient of Murphy Chair
LITTLE ROCK – Claudia J. Beverly, Ph.D., R.N., today became the inaugural recipient of the Murphy Chair in Rural Aging Leadership and Policy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
March 20, 2006
Frank Broyles to Deliver Keynote at Fund-raiser for Nursing
LITTLE ROCK – Athletic Director Frank Broyles of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville will be the keynote speaker at a March 30 luncheon to raise money for a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) nursing program specializing in care for the elderly. Coaching for Alzheimer’s Caregivers” at the benefit luncheon for Geriatric Nursing Externships awarded through the Arkansas Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
February 16, 2006
UAMS Head Start Partners with Little Rock School District To Serve Preschoolers
LITTLE ROCK – The Head Start program operated by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences under the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine is partnering with the Little Rock School District to provide more comprehensive services to children in their preschool programs.
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