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April 6, 2017
Johns Hopkins Professor Says Include Black Males in Health Research
April 6, 2017 | Future health research must include a sufficient number of black men, to ensure the most effective care and strategy for the minority group, said Roland Thorpe, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. To be valid, it also must ensure that black men stay with…
April 3, 2017
Bony Sinus Tumor Removed Without a Single Cut
April 3, 2017 | Mary Neal French went in for surgery to remove a bony tumor from her sinus last September and woke up to find the tumor gone. But her surgeon didn’t have to make a single cut. French said she began having headaches with a lot of pressure in July. She believed it…
March 31, 2017
Genomics Workshop Ignites Students’ Passion for Research
March 31, 2017 | A two-day workshop at UAMS made undergraduate student Daniel Games eager to get to something most people want to avoid — viruses. “I didn’t expect to get this much hands-on work,” Games said. “That was great. The workshop lectures were interesting, too, but today was all hands-on software work. We got…
March 30, 2017
UAMS Cancer Researcher Awarded $1.7 Million NIH Grant to Study Prevention of Radiation-Induced Cancer
A $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher to study a potential new therapy to reduce the risk of blood cancer caused by ionizing radiation.
March 29, 2017
Medical Training Using Simulation Technology Goes to Delta
March 29, 2017 | Simulation education from UAMS is in a van that’s headed for the Arkansas Delta. The Greater Delta Alliance for Health recently acquired and outfitted a new van packed with manikins and other equipment. The UAMS Centers for Simulation Education will use the van and the technology it will transport to teach…
March 28, 2017
UAMS Opens OrthoNow Walk-In, After-Hours Clinic on April 3
March 28, 2017 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is opening a walk-in, after-hours orthopaedics clinic — OrthoNow — on April 3 at the UAMS Orthopaedics Clinic at 600 Autumn Road. OrthoNow will be open 5-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. – noon Saturdays for general orthopaedics issues. Patients will not…
March 27, 2017
UAMS Study Finds Opioid Supply of Three Days or Less Reduces Likelihood of Chronic Opioid Use
March 27, 2017 | By prescribing for a patient an opioid supply of three days or less, a health care professional can reduce the likelihood of a patient’s chronic opioid use one to three years later, according to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research. In a report published online March 17 in the Centers…
Free Family Caregiver Workshop to be held April 6
March 27, 2017 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop April 6 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be held…
March 24, 2017
UAMS Visitor Talks Latino Health Paradox and Cinco de Mayo
March 24, 2017 | A couple of common misconceptions about Hispanics were highlighted in talks by David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D., who visited UAMS and the Clinton School of Public Service last week. Hayes-Bautista, a distinguished professor of medicine from the University of California, Los Angeles, noted that Latinos are often incorrectly lumped with other minorities…
March 23, 2017
March Man-ness Puts Annual Event in Win Column for Fourth Time
March 23, 2017 | Like the March Madness college basketball tournament from which it takes its name, March Man-ness Men’s Health Event organized by the UAMS 12th Street Center for Health & Wellness continues to draw the attendance of new and old fans alike. For Dale Handie, 43, of Little Rock, it was his third…
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