The National Institutes of Health has awarded $3.1 million to a scientist at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to study how maternal obesity during pregnancy influences infant brain development.
August 26, 2019
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs has named Tiffany McCain as director of pharmacy. McCain has 16 years of experience as a pharmacist, most recently as a clinical pharmacist with CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs where she was instrumental in implementing, operating, and maintaining the operating-room satellite pharmacy.
August 18, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new study on Aug. 6 about pharmacy-based naloxone dispensing, which showed the rate of naloxone prescription was far too low in relation to the number of high-dose opioid prescriptions. Naloxone is a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and prevent overdose deaths, and can be administered in a nasal spray called Narcan.
August 18, 2019
People concerned about spots on their skin are invited to participate in a free skin cancer screening from 9 a.m. - noon on Sept. 14 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The screenings will take place on the second floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, and will be conducted by the UAMS Department of Dermatology.
Patients will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis and are encouraged to arrive no later than 11 a.m. Free parking is available in UAMS Parking 3 at Cedar Street and Capitol Avenue. For information, call (501) 526-6994.
August 18, 2019
Baptist Health Urgent Care will open a seventh urgent care center in Fort Smith on Sept. 16. The new center will be located at 7600 Rogers Ave., by Hank’s Furniture.
Baptist Health, in a joint venture with Urgent Team, one of the Southeast’s largest independent operators of urgent and family care centers, currently has urgent care centers in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Cabot, Bryant, and Benton.
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