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January 22, 2018
UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Host ‘Confidence Project’ Feb. 3
Jan. 22, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th St. Health & Wellness Center invites girls ages 10-18 to participate Feb. 3 in the Confidence Project, covering topics from women’s health and social wellness to physical wellness and mental health. The free, one-day class will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at…
UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Accepting Applications for Spring and Summer Health Careers Program
Jan. 22, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus is accepting applications from students who will be entering eighth, ninth or 10th grades and are interested in exploring careers in health care for its one-week intensive Community Health Applied in Medical Public Service (CHAMPS) programs. UAMS Northwest Regional Campus…
January 11, 2018
Relationship Enrichment Series Aimed At Helping Couples
Jan. 11, 2018 | Struggling with what to get your significant other for Valentine’s Day this year? Why not give the gift of a more meaningful relationship! The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Couples Center is hosting a four-week relationship enrichment series, designed to help couples make their bond stronger, happier and healthier….
January 10, 2018
UAMS Sets February Adult Computer Classes
Jan. 10, 2018 | Four computer classes — Computer Basics, Introduction to Genealogy, Intermediate Computers and Intermediate Computers for the Mac — and one computer workshop — One-on-One Computer Support — will be taught in February for adults at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The courses…
January 8, 2018
UAMS to Offer 7-Week Freedom From Smoking Program Starting Jan. 23
LITTLE ROCK — Anyone ready to quit smoking is invited to participate in a free seven-week program sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The small-group Freedom from Smoking program will meet from 5-6:30 p.m. for seven Tuesdays starting Jan. 23 at 900 John Barrow Road. There is no cost to participate….
January 3, 2018
Briggs Trust Donates $436,000 for Schizophrenia Research at UAMS
Jan. 3, 2018 | A gift of $436,000 will allow the Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to fund additional research into schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder that can cause hallucinations, delusions and a loss of touch with reality. The donation from the Caroline T. Briggs Charitable Trust was…
December 28, 2017
UAMS Sees Changes in Patient Care, Education, Research in 2017
Dec. 28, 2017 | For UAMS, 2017 was a year of leadership changes and opening new buildings, of grants awarded for research and awards granted in recognition and praise. In late December that University of Arkansas System President Donald R. Bobbit will recommend to the UA Board of Trustees that Cam Patterson, M.D., be the…
December 20, 2017
Pharmacy Conference Keeps Pharmacists Up to Date
Dec. 20, 2017 | On a Sunday morning in a UAMS auditorium, John Kirtley, Pharm.D., engaged his audience in a brief call-and-response dialogue. “How many hydrocodone pills were dispensed in Arkansas last year?” Kirtley asked. Scattered voices called out guesses. Kirtley told them the total: It was 108 million, and another 49 million oxycodone pills…
December 19, 2017
Terry Angtuaco, M.D., Inducted as Inaugural Fellow to American Association for Women Radiologists
Dec. 19, 2017 | Terry Angtuaco, M.D., a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was one of 18 inducted recently into the inaugural fellowship class of the American Association for Women Radiologists. The class was recognized at the 2017 Radiological Society of North America…
Study Shows Key Molecular Differences in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia Could Lead to Better Treatment
LITTLE ROCK – A scientist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is among the lead authors of a study that could lead to more effective therapies for children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). UAMS’ Jason Farrar, M.D., and collaborators at eleven other institutions published their study in the journal Nature Medicine and…
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