by - February 13, 2019 10:16 am
A bill has been filed to aid in creating a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in Arkansas by taxing e-cigarettes and cigarette paper and by increasing the tax on medical…
by - February 5, 2019 4:47 pm
Every January as the new year rolls around, the United Health Foundation releases its America’s Health rankings showing how the health of Arkansans compares with other American states. We use…
by - January 1, 2019 2:06 pm
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded a $10,000 grant to create an app that promotes wellness and healthy living habits in Arkansas students….
by - December 10, 2018 3:54 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $1.5 million gift from the estate of Carl R. Stout to create the R. Louise Stout Simmons, M.D. Endowed Scholarship…
by - September 5, 2018 6:06 pm
On the day that Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted smaller state government, he was also touring a world-renowned research center in the capital city that could use expanded state support. Hutchinson…
by - July 26, 2018 2:16 pm
Growing up in Alabama and taking educational and occupational rides through Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and New York, new UAMS Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson considers his new post in Arkansas…
by - March 15, 2018 10:04 am
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Professor Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., has been awarded $11.3 million in federal funds over five years to launch the Center For Musculoskeletal Disease Research….
by - January 8, 2018 9:04 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), which supports over 10,000 jobs across the state, announced Monday (Jan. 8) it is cutting 600 positions to close a budget gap…
by - December 22, 2017 9:51 am
Cam Patterson, the chief operating officer at Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, has been recommended as the next University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences chancellor. University of Arkansas…
by - December 12, 2017 6:12 pm
Research funding at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) grew 53% during the last fiscal year, contributing to the Arkansas economy and bringing the potential to grow new…
by - May 18, 2017 9:59 am
The Northwest Arkansas regional campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The three-year award will…
by - February 15, 2017 8:30 am
Editor’s note: Health Beat is a weekly roundup of local and national health news. UAMS RESEARCH MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE CURE Researchers at the University of…
by - February 9, 2017 7:02 pm
Health Beat is a roundup of healthcare-related news. UAMS FAMILY CENTERS JOINING NATIONWIDE PUBLIC-PRIVATE NETWORK TO STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE Five regional Family Medical Centers of the University of Arkansas for…
by - February 1, 2017 8:16 pm
A bill allowing patients to establish telemedicine relationships with medical providers from wherever the patient is located passed the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee Tuesday, two years after…
by - October 24, 2016 3:40 pm
Dr. Richard Turnage said healthcare institutions must ride the wave of changes in the healthcare system. Effective Dec. 1, Turnage will man the surfboard as CEO of the University of…
by - September 19, 2016 10:46 am
Dr. Dan Rahn announced Monday (Sept. 19) he will retire July 31, 2017, as chancellor of the Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). His departure will mark…
by - August 11, 2016 3:16 pm
Recruiting doctors to Northwest Arkansas is a constant challenge. That’s why the Walmart Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to the new Northwest Arkansas Community Internal Medicine Residency Program. Foundation…
by - July 13, 2016 7:03 pm
Scientists with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute received a federal grant of $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to…
by - June 29, 2016 11:51 am
The Medical Applications of Science for Health (M*A*S*H) Program kicked off Monday (June 27) from Sparks Hospital’s Charles Shuffield Education Center. The two-week program is designed to give an overarching…
by - June 9, 2016 9:33 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is about to embark on a critical time for revenue, Dr. Dan Rahn, the school’s chancellor, told members of a newly formed…
