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Beck PRIDE Center Established for Wounded Vets
It came just in time for Christmas.
A seven-figure gift from a family in Fairfax, Va. helped establish a groundbreaking free mental health and rehabilitation center for wounded combat veterans and their families now open on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro. Personal Rehabilitation, Individual Development and Education (PRIDE) are the core concepts...
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
Grand Rounds December
Little Rock Doctor and Nurse Join “Operation Walk” in Peru
Arkansas Hospice Announcements
St. Anthony’s Lights of Love Let Holiday Spirit Shine
Little Rock Orthopaedic Hand Specialist Published in National Hand Journal
Karyn Clements Earns Certification in Mammography from
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
Devin Terry Joins St. Vincent Heart & Vascular Clinic
UAMS’ Hutton Elected Fellow of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
St. Anthony’s CEO Named to National/Regional Boards
UAMS College of Nursing Names Associate Dean for Service
Dr. TerKeurst Adds New Cryotherapy Cancer Treatment
St. Anthony’s Names Employee of the Year, Celebrates Staff
UAMS Cancer Researchers Participating in Advanced Melanoma Study
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Legislators, Doctors Prepping for Flu Pandemic
As Sen. Mark Pryor said when chairing a U.S. Senate hearing in October, “Pandemic Influenza: State and Local Efforts to Prepare,” to most people the idea of a pandemic flu outbreak is somewhat abstract.
“Most of what we’ve seen in the media so far portrays bird flu as an animal disease, not a human one,” Pryor said. “It usually breaks out in countries on the other side of the world. Nonetheless, the disease is worrying. To date, 329 people have contracted avian flu. Two hundred and one of them have died. That’s a 61 percent death rate.”
BECKY GILLETTE |
New Device Offers Hope for PAD Patients
A new device that can pulverize the calcified plaque in arteries offers new hope to those suffering from peripheral arterial disease, and an Arkansas physician is playing a pivotal role in demonstrating the new technology.
TED GRIGGS |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Harry Harmon
The year’s not going badly for Dr. Harry Harmon. In February, the Rogers pediatrician received a successful stem cell transplant for the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma he’s had since 2000. This summer he returned to work in his Rogers pediatric practice of 33 years and he and his wife Jenny celebrated the birth of their first grandchild. Then in October he received a Congressional honor in Washington, D.C. for his extensive work over the years with the Arkansas adoption community.
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
U.S. Senate Bill Proposes VA Mental Health Contracts
In all 75 Arkansas counties, community mental health centers are on alert.
Depending on what happens with a bill currently in the federal pipeline, the Veterans Administration may soon be outsourcing mental health care for Iraq war veterans with many of these centers. In May, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici introduced S. 38 — the Veterans’ Mental Health Outreach and Access Act of 2007,
JENNIFER BOULDEN |
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