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December 11, 2017
Hearts2Soles Provides Free Foot Exam, Shoes to Local Homeless
Dec. 11, 2017 | Her youngest daughter, Cheyenne, covets new shoes like most 10-year-old children; her oldest child, 13-year-old Sequoia, continues to hit growth spurts every few months making new shoes a necessity; and she, 35-year-old Virginia Duck, has worn through the soles from her current pair of shoes. Those circumstances made the annual Hearts2Soles…
December 8, 2017
12th Street Center Students, Faculty, Volunteers Observe World AIDS Day
Dec. 8, 2017 | For the fourth consecutive year, the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center observed World AIDS Day, and it has made the fight against AIDS an even more integral part of its health services by offering quarterly screenings for HIV. At the Nov. 30 event, the center again offered free HIV…
UAMS’ C. Lowry Barnes: Trinidad Trip ‘Very Rewarding’
Dec. 8 2017 | The procedure itself was nothing out of the ordinary for a seasoned orthopaedic surgeon like C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., but the response he received from the patient will always be a special memory for him. In the middle of a medical mission trip to Trinidad, Barnes had just helped a middle-aged…
December 7, 2017
UAMS’ Jay L. Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., Named to Forbes’ Physician Honor Roll
Dec. 7, 2017 | UAMS’ Jay (Jawahar) L. Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., is one of 27 cardiologists across the country being recognized by Forbes as an exemplary physician in the field of cardiology. Many individuals on the list have served in the top spots of multiple hospitals and contribute a wealth of clinical research to advance the…
December 6, 2017
Three Arkansans to be Honored in 2018 Rose Parade
Dec. 6, 2017 | Thirty-eight-year-old Melissa Owen of Little Rock died on Christmas Eve 2014 after suffering a brain aneurysm and a stroke. Two days later – just one day after being placed on the transplant list — Yolanda Harshaw, also of Little Rock, received a call that the heart she needed for a life-saving…
December 1, 2017
UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Accepting Applications for Summer Health Careers Program
Dec. 1, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus is now accepting applications from students who will be entering the 11th or 12th grade and interested in exploring careers in health care for its two-week, intensive Medical Applications of Science for Health (MASH) programs. The Rogers area program is…
Faith in Cancer Care Team Keeps New Mexico Woman at UAMS
Dec. 1, 2017 | Tina Farber arrived in Arkansas with one thing on her mind — meeting her two new grandbabies. Her son’s third child had arrived in April, and her daughter was expecting her third about one month later. “I was planning to stay about two months,” said Farber, a native Arkansan who now…
UAMS, TRI Honor Community Partners at 2017 Celebration
Dec. 1, 2017 | The UAMS Translational Research Institute honored UAMS’ many Arkansas community partners Nov. 17 with its fifth annual Community Partner Celebration. During the event at the Centre at University Park in Little Rock, the Phillips and Jefferson Counties Faith Task Force, led by pastors Johnny Smith and Jerome Turner, received the Chancellor’s…
November 29, 2017
Annual Donation to UAMS Breast Cancer Program Brings Ashley County Cares Total to $388,000
Nov. 29, 2017 – In 2005, a group of women in south Arkansas banded together to form Ashley County Cares, an organization dedicated to fighting breast cancer through research and education. Thirteen years later, their commitment and fundraising efforts continue to grow and benefit women across the state. Representatives of the group traveled to the…
November 27, 2017
Honduran School Director Learns Valuable Lessons at UAMS Head Start
Nov. 27, 2017 | Eda Graciela Aguilera Aguscia knows how important a solid education is to success in life. That’s why she’s doing all she can to increase the number of children in Honduras with access to an education. Aguilera, who operates a school and daycare with her sister, Marcia, in San Pedro Sula, Cortes,…
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