Arkansas Department of Health
February 26, 2015
CDC Awards UAMS $3.75 million for Arkansas Prevention Research Center
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Prevention Research Center (ARPRC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has been awarded an additional $3.75 million grant to continue the ARPRC’s activities for a new five-year period by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
October 29, 2014
World Stroke Day Simulation at UAMS Raises Stroke Awareness
Oct. 29, 2014 | Physicians and an actor used stagecraft and a touch of drama Oct. 29 to demonstrate what 30 Arkansans a day will experience having a stroke.
July 15, 2014
UAMS to Host Breastfeeding Symposium Aug. 8
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites physicians, nurses, dieticians and other health care providers who support and promote breastfeeding to attend the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition Symposium on Aug. 8, in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building on the UAMS campus.
April 16, 2014
UAMS, Arkansas Department of Health Seek Volunteers for Kidney Disease Education Study
LITTLE ROCK – At Phillips County Health Unit in Helena/West Helena and health department clinics in five other regions of the state, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Nephrology and the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) are seeking qualified volunteers with chronic kidney disease to participate in a research study.
April 15, 2014
Emergency Exercise at UAMS April 22-23 Includes Staged Explosions, Armed Intruders
LITTLE ROCK – Emergency response drills by federal, state and local agencies, will be held from 4-8 p.m. April 22-23 on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus, and will include a scenario with an explosion and armed intruders.
March 27, 2014
One in 65 Arkansas Children Has Autism Spectrum Disorder, Says New CDC/UAMS Report
LITTLE ROCK – One in 65 Arkansas children has been identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to a new report by the Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (AR ADDM) Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
January 27, 2014
Nation’s First Telemedicine Program for Hand Trauma Established
Jan. 27, 2014 | Patients with hand injuries now have access to the nation’s first hand trauma telemedicine program established this month by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Trauma Communications Center and the Arkansas Department of Health.
Nation’s First Telemedicine Program for Hand Trauma Established by UAMS, Trauma Center, Health Department
LITTLE ROCK – Patients with hand injuries now have access to the nation’s first hand trauma telemedicine program established this month by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Trauma Communications Center and the Arkansas Department of Health.
May 22, 2013
UAMS Drills in Treating Radiation Casualties
May 22, 2013 | During a May 17 drill to handle patients from a nuclear accident, UAMS Medical Center Emergency Department physicians and nurses encountered a scenario even veterans of previous drills didn’t anticipate.
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