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January 29, 2016

Little Rock Mom Thankful for Beating Colon Cancer

Ben Boulden

Jan. 29, 2016 | Alice Rogers knew something was wrong. What started with abdominal cramps in March 2015 had progressed to severe pain by July. “It hurt every time I ate, sometimes making me double over,” she said, adding that she also was passing pencil-thin stools. “I knew something was wrong, but I just didn’t…


August 17, 2015

Mega Brain Draws Crowds for Stroke Education

Ben Boulden

Mega Brain Draws Crowds for Stroke Education

Aug. 17, 2015 | The best way to reach people’s minds might just be with a brain — a 18-by-14-by-12-foot, inflatable Mega Brain.


November 14, 2014

UAMS Researcher Receives Best NIH score for New Concept Early Disease Diagnosis with Photoswitchable Nanoparticles

Ben Boulden

Nov. 14, 2014 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Vladimir Zharov, Ph.D., D.Sc., recently was awarded a $1.5 million R01 grant by the National Institutes of Health to investigate his diagnostic concept — “In vivo reading written in blood” — with new stimuli-responsive nanoparticles circulating in blood.


April 16, 2014

UAMS, Arkansas Department of Health Seek Volunteers for Kidney Disease Education Study

Ben Boulden

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.


November 13, 2013

Neurosurgeon Demitre Serletis, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Neurosurgeon and epilepsy specialist Demitre Serletis, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.