The November 2 cover of The Journal of Clinical Investigation highlights the findings by Arkansas scientists on the mechanism that prevents bone fractures in commonly used medications, such as Fosamax and Miacalcin.
Many of the 9,000 deaths and 76 million food-borne illnesses that occur annually in the United States may be prevented in the future by a discovery announced by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
A team of Arkansas researchers is one step closer to developing an effective treatment for osteoporosis, a disease responsible for millions of bone fractures worldwide each year. Their findings represent a shift in treatment from slowing bone loss to replacing bone loss.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) are helping two Russian physicians study laboratory methods and technologies used in the fight against tuberculosis (TB).
"A nursing shortage is imminent." Most people have heard those words before, particularly in the mid-to-late 1980s. Now we are hearing the admonition again, but this time the warning has more teeth -- mainly because the aging population of baby boomers is creating more demand for nursing care while many nurses in the work force today are nearing retirement age.
A project at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences found that the fat payload from a modest servings of a typical family reunion dinner of Cole slaw, macaroni and cheese and fried chicken amounts to about 70 grams, more fat than the average person should eat all day.
During national Brain Awareness Week, an Arkansas researcher will present scientific concerns of legal definitions for insanity and emotional disturbance, which are based on outmoded notions of how the brain works. An Arkansas law professor will examine the need for a new framework for legal definitions.
Arkansas's only medical school has been working for the last decade to help their patients become partners by hosting five Mini Medical Schools covering such topics as aging, cancer, diabetes and viruses. The upcoming and sixth Mini Medical School will focus on mental illness at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus.
The cover for the premier issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery:Spine features an innovative technique to reconnect the head to the neck. Following a serious accident or illness, reattaching the head to the neck has always been a major challenge for surgeons. An Arkansas neurosurgeon's "Inside-Outside" technique can help people with such life-threatening spinal problems.
For young people whose new year's resolution is to quit using snuff or chewing tobacco, an Arkansas researcher wants to help them kick the habit. His program, called The PATCH Project, (Program Against Teen CHewing), pay youths to attend classes for six weeks, to wear a nicotine patch and to submit urine samples to prove they have quit.
Nothing stops you cold more than a sick baby screaming from pain, especially if the person who initiated that response must find a vein to draw blood. Arkansas researchers are changing this scenario. Healthcare professionals are testing their patented Veniscope's infrared light to see through skin--even the chubby fat on infants' arms and legs as well as their hands and feet--to find a vein.
Early detection of breast cancer can be followed with a non-scarring breast lumpectomy says a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher. This week Harms reported the outcome of 15 patients who in the last year received an outpatient, laser procedure-rather than the incision-type surgery--to remove early and sometimes middle stages of cancerous breast tumors.
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) program -- the Arkansas Center for Addictions Research, Education and Services -- is making a positive difference in the lives of mothers with a history of substance abuse.
The 60-year puzzle on why steroid-treated patients suffer continual bone loss is explained by scientists in the July 15 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION.
Joycelyn Elders, M.D., spoke about her former position as the United States Surgeon General at a book signing at her alma mater, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Bill J. Gurley, Ph.D., associate professor and chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutics in the UAMS College of Pharmacy's recent study of herbal medicines containing ephedrine has attracted media attention. Supplements containing ephedrine are widely used, especially by students to help them stay awake to study. The danger is that too much ephedrine can cause adverse side effects and even death.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researchers have developed an antibody for phencyclidine toxicity overdose.
Manganese dominates the toxicity risks of heavy metals since it may be more harmful inhaled than ingested. EPA opposed approval of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) in gasoline. This debate between EPA and industry was taken to court and won by the manufactuers on issues unrelated to health. As of Dec.1996, manganese is permitted for use as an additive in gasoline in the U.S.
Thanks to a $25.5 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will establish the new Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics and construct the Donald W. Reynolds Geriatrics Center.
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