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March 19, 2014

AR SAVES, UAMS Physicians Help 500th Stroke Patient Through Statewide Network

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Dustin Martinez’s truck crashed through a mailbox, three culverts and hit a tree before he found himself in a hospital as the 500th stroke patient to receive a powerful blood-thinner through the AR SAVES stroke network.


October 24, 2013

UAMS, Arkansas Health Department Study Ties Neighborhood, Income, Education to Stroke Risk

Ben Boulden

The neighborhood where you live is a risk factor for stroke, says a multi-year study led by Appathurai Balamurugan, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and Arkansas Department of Health.