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April 12, 2010

Aneurysm Patient Finds Most Advanced Treatment at UAMS

David Robinson

April 12, 2010| Last year Lynda Etheridge was feeling fine and saw no need for a doctor-recommended brain scan to see if she had an aneurysm. Today she’s glad that her husband, Herb, convinced her to do it.


April 8, 2010

Free Workshop on Lead-Safe Practices to be Held in Camden on April 29

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A free workshop for parents and caregivers on reducing health risks associated with lead-based paint in older homes will be held in Camden on April 29, led by a coalition of public health advocates that includes the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).</span>


April 7, 2010

Schmieding Caregiver Training Program Opens in Jonesboro

Liz Caldwell

A ribbon-cutting and celebration April 6 in Jonesboro marked the opening of the renowned Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program there in partnership with;University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.


April 1, 2010

Free Workshops on Lead-Safe Practices to be Held in Faulkner County on April 22

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A free workshop for parents and caregivers on reducing health risks associated with lead-based paint in older homes will be held in Conway on April 22, led by a coalition of public health advocates that includes the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).</span>


March 31, 2010

Students Thriving at UAMS Northwest

Jon Parham

March 31, 2010 | A wealth of experience awaits third-year medical students at the new UAMS Northwest campus in Fayetteville as they work in clinics, hospitals and other settings across the area.


March 19, 2010

UAMS College of Medicine Names Greenfield Chair of Neurology

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – L. John Greenfield Jr., M.D., Ph.D., has been named chairman of the Department of Neurology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, effective July 1.</span>


UAMS Team Headed to Haiti on Medical Mission

Jon Parham

March 19, 2010 | A team from UAMS, including orthopaedic surgeon Ruth Thomas, M.D., is leaving March 20 for a weeklong medical mission to earthquake-devastated Haiti.


March 5, 2010

UAMS Researchers Say Age, Not Decrease in Estrogen, at Root of Osteoporosis

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Marking a shift in decades of thought on the cause of osteoporosis, researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have identified an age-related mechanism – not a decrease of the hormone estrogen – as the primary culprit. </span>


March 4, 2010

UAMS Specialists Save Arm, Put Biker Back on the Road

Liz Caldwell

Ed and Margo Jevicky say a series of miracles saved their 18-year-old son, Michael, and his right arm when his motorcycle slammed into a Jeep. One of them was landing in the hands of two well-regarded, highly specialized University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgeons.


March 2, 2010

Jerry G. Jones, M.D., Honored for Work with Children at Risk

Jon Parham

March 2, 2010 | Jerry G. Jones, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of the Center for Children at Risk, a collaboration of UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), recently received an award for his longtime advocacy for children at risk from the American Academy of Pediatrics.



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