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October 26, 2018

Amputation Pain Study at UAMS Enrolling Participants

David Robinson

Erika Petersen, M.D.

People with frequent and recurring pain from an amputated leg are being enrolled in a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research study of a device designed to reduce amputation pain. Led at UAMS by Erika Petersen, M.D., a neurosurgeon and researcher, the study is part of a clinical trial being conducted at sites…


December 19, 2012

First Human Tests of Meth Medication Completed

David Robinson

Dec. 19, 2012 | InterveXion Therapeutics LLC and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have successfully completed dosing in the first human safety study of a medication to help methamphetamine users fight their addictions.


July 16, 2012

UAMS Brain Study Aims to Help Abused Girls

David Robinson

July 16, 2012 | A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute has received $405,000 for a two-year brain imaging study that will help target mental health treatments for abused adolescent girls.


July 11, 2012

UAMS Brain Imaging Study to Help Target Psychological Treatment for Abused Adolescent Girls

David Robinson

<span style=”font-family: times new roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;”>LITTLE ROCK – A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute has received $405,000 for a two-year brain imaging study that will help target mental health treatments for abused adolescent girls</span>.


December 8, 2011

Stanford, UAMS Study Offers First Look at Restaurants’ Response to Prohibiting Toys With Unhealthy Meals

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Some restaurants recently prohibited from using toys to promote unhealthy children’s meals in California responded by promoting healthier menu items with toys, but no restaurants added healthier menu items, according to a study that involved a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher.


November 29, 2011

Women More Likely to Have ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’

David Robinson

Nov. 29, 2011 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) study has found that women are 7.5 times more likely to experience “broken heart syndrome,” heart attack-like symptoms that occur during sudden or continuing stress.


November 7, 2011

Public Health Study Shows State Medicaid Savings

Nate Hinkel

Nov. 7, 2011 | Enhancing access to home and community-based health care services to the disabled and elderly can save millions in the Arkansas Medicaid program, according to a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.


November 2, 2011

Melanoma Survivors Prone to New Cancers, UAMS Finds

David Robinson

Nov. 2, 2011 | Melanoma skin cancer survivors are much more likely than the general population to have future new cases of invasive melanomas and other cancers, says a national study led by UAMS’ Appathurai Balamurugan, M.D., M.P.H.


UAMS Study: Melanoma Survivors at High Risk for Future Cancers

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Melanoma skin cancer survivors are much more likely than the general population to have future new cases of invasive melanomas and other cancers, says a national study led by UAMS’ Appathurai Balamurugan, M.D., M.P.H.


October 20, 2011

State Medicaid Savings Created by Better Access to Health Services, UAMS Study Shows

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – Enhancing access to home and community-based health care services to the disabled and elderly can save millions in the Arkansas Medicaid program, according to a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.



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