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November 29, 2017
Annual Donation to UAMS Breast Cancer Program Brings Ashley County Cares Total to $388,000
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 Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer…
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,…
Experience Symptoms of Dementia at Dec. 6 Simulation
Nov. 27, 2017 | The West Central Center on Aging, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will host a free event Dec. 6 to simulate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. “The Alzheimer’s/Dementia Experience: Take a Walk in Their Shoes” will be held from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.at the…
November 20, 2017
Reynolds Institute Celebrates Family Caregivers
Nov. 20, 2017 | When caring for someone with dementia, it’s vital to learn to love that person for being who they are now, rather than the memory of who they were, according to all three former family caregivers who participated on a discussion panel as part of the celebration of caregivers at the UAMS…
November 17, 2017
UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Provide Health Screenings Nov. 30 for World AIDS Day
Nov. 17, 2017 | In observance of World AIDS Day, the public is invited to participate in free health care screenings from 4-8 p.m. Nov. 30 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, 4010 W. 12th St. The center will provide free HIV testing. The testing will…
November 16, 2017
UAMS Honors Veterans with Care Packages, Appreciation Event
Nov. 16, 2017 | UAMS employees who are military veterans, active duty or reserve were honored at a celebration Nov. 8, part of several activities during the month organized by the UAMS Veterans Awareness Committee in honor of Veterans Day, Nov. 11. More than 50 current and former members of all five branches of the…
November 13, 2017
Warren Man Finds Relief of Abdominal Pain
Nov. 13, 2017 | Charles Goins was unsure exactly what ailed him, but he knew the result was excruciating pain in his abdomen. When the discomfort began in December, the 69-year-old Warren native realized immediately that something was wrong. He spent the next several days in a hospital with a pain he had never experienced…
UAMS’ Curtis Lowery, M.D., Receives National Award from American Public Health Association
Nov. 13, 2017 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Curtis Lowery Jr., M.D., on Nov. 6 was honored for his work in maternal-fetal medicine with the Effective Practice Award from the Maternal and Child Health Section of the American Public Health Association. The Effective Practice Award recognizes individuals or groups whose work has…
November 9, 2017
Business Plan Team Takes National Award for Third Time in Six Years
Nov. 9, 2017 | Four presenters out of a six-person team of UAMS College of Pharmacy students left a panel of judges at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) so impressed recently that they became the college’s third team in six years to win the same national award. Two other student teams from the college…
November 8, 2017
UAMS-Sponsored Senior Expo Attracts More Than 1,000
Nov. 8, 2017 | For the fourth consecutive year at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock, more than 1,000 seniors and baby boomers made the Senior Expo boom again. Sponsored by UAMS and presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the event pulled visitors from throughout central Arkansas and beyond. More than 200 seniors received…
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