A $1 million gift from the estate of Linda Garner Riggs to the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will be used to advance research of triple negative breast cancer. Riggs, who died in Nov. 2017, was a former Arkansas insurance commissioner and managing director at Stephens Inc.
May 6, 2018
Dr. José Romero with Arkansas Children’s has been named Arkansas’s CDC Childhood Immunization Champion for his outstanding efforts to promote childhood immunization. Romero is recognized for his critical analysis of vaccine data that has helped lead Arkansas through a number of influenza, pertussis, mumps, and measles outbreaks.
April 30, 2018
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has launched a free weekly education and consultation service for Arkansas healthcare providers to better manage chronic pain patients and those who need their opioid dosage reduced.
April 30, 2018
A smartphone app designed to promote proper child car seat use among parents proved effective in a study led by researchers at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The researchers and their colleagues developed the interactive app, Safety in Seconds v2.0, and tested it in a randomized, controlled trial involving more than 700 participants, half of whom were seen in the emergency department at Arkansas Children’s.
April 29, 2018
An estimated one in 77 Arkansas children are identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to a new report by the Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (AR ADDM) Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
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