The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) is accepting applications for its Minority Health Workforce Diversity scholarship from now until Dec. 31.
Minority-raced, full or part-time college students who plan to pursue a career in the field of health are encouraged to apply. Full-time scholarship recipients will be awarded $1,000 per academic year and part-time recipients, $500 per academic year.
A trio of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have designed a smart phone application to decrease opioid cravings and optimize medication-assisted treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder.
Saline Health System recently upgraded its robotic surgery assistant so that it could be used for hip surgeries. Its first robotic-assisted hip surgery was performed Nov. 21, 2022.
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs will work to improve access to vital, high quality prenatal care for pregnant women across 11 Southwest Arkansas counties thanks to a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the next four years. The grant will empower CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs to build upon the current Healthy Mom, Thriving Baby Project by establishing AR MOMS, a network of committed, rural healthcare partners to coordinate a continuum of pregnancy services from pre-conception through postpartum care.
Baptist Health Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic in Little Rock recently welcomed heart surgeon Karol Mudy, MD.
Mudy, a native of Walbrzych, Poland, received a medical degree from Wroclaw Medical University in Wrocław, Poland. He completed a residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia and a fellowship at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
