Anyone ready to quit smoking is invited to participate in a free seven-week program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
The small-group Freedom from Smoking program will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. for seven Wednesdays beginning March 8 in room 10104 on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. There is no cost to participate.
To register, contact certified tobacco treatment specialist Pat Franklin, APRN, at (501) 944-5934 or plfranklin@uams.edu.
Brandy L. Utter, MD, has joined the hospitalist staff at Conway Regional Health System.
Utter most recently practiced at Unity Health After Hours Clinic in Searcy.
The public is invited to enjoy a day of thoroughbred racing while also supporting cancer patients at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge recently announced the conviction of a Phillips County woman for Medicaid fraud. Jacqueline Young pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court and was sentenced to three years probation and to pay nearly $1,400 in restitution to the Arkansas Medicaid Program and more than $4,000 in fines and court costs.
University of Arkansas for Medical Services (UAMS) organizers have developed a conference geared toward handling emergency situations in Arkansas.
ICARE (Improving Critical and Acute Care through Regional Education) will be held in northwest Arkansas in May. It is intended to raise awareness and provide an educational update to frontline emergency health care practitioners.
