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Stories by Carolyne
Hot Springs man arrested in stabbing
posted: 12/16/2010 2:10 p.m. Discuss
A man told Hot Springs authorities responding to a stabbing that he was the one they wanted and needed to be taken in, according to the sheriff's office.
The Heart of the Matter: Highs, lows mark path of progress
posted: 08/10/2010 5:46 a.m. Comment 1
Five days after his Jan. 16 heart transplant, Christopher Schroeder was puffy and swollen. His chest was covered with a dark bruise. A towel on his head covered a sensor that monitored oxygen to his brain, and various tubes controlled fluids to and from his tiny body.
Gift of organ ‘bigger than life,’ says donor’s mom
posted: 08/10/2010 4:41 a.m. Discuss
For every person saved by an organ transplant, there is an organ donor. And in most cases, the donor has died.
The Heart of the Matter: Hope, fear fill anxious hours
posted: 08/09/2010 5:48 a.m. Discuss
The clock read 2:45 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 16, and the phone was ringing. Shannon Schroeder jerked awake from a deep sleep, her heart racing in anticipation. After five long, tense weeks of waiting, she knew this was the call she and her family had been praying for.
To help sickest patients get organs, rules evolved
posted: 08/09/2010 5:14 a.m. Discuss
Since the first successful organ transplants in the 1950s and 1960s astounded the world, there have been numerous changes in the way donated organs are distributed to waiting transplant patients.
Lifesaving transplants not without risks
posted: 08/09/2010 5:13 a.m. Discuss
Organ transplants make it possible for doctors to save thousands of lives a year. But like all major surgeries, there are risks.
LR School District asks judge: Step in
posted: 05/20/2010 5:57 a.m. Comments 4
The Little Rock School District asked a federal judge late Wednesday to halt approval of new charter schools and stop expansion of existing charter schools in Pulaski County.
Speaker sees education ‘crisis’
posted: 05/05/2010 4:22 a.m. Discuss
High-school dropouts are costing Arkansas new jobs, higher salaries, home purchases and better health care those individuals would bring to the state if they received a diploma, the former governor of West Virginia said Tuesday.
Fall tuition goes up at all UA campuses
posted: 04/17/2010 5:15 a.m. Discuss
University of Arkansas students at the system’s 12 campuses will see larger tuition and mandatory fee bills next fall after the University of Arkansas System board of trustees approved the increases in a 9-1 vote Friday.
Board advances 3 projects at UA
posted: 04/17/2010 4:29 a.m. Discuss
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville can progress with planning three major building renovations after the University of Arkansas System board of trustees approved architects, engineers and contractors for the projects Friday.
Five UA schools to refinance debt
posted: 04/17/2010 4:12 a.m. Discuss
Five University of Arkansas campuses are taking advantage of low interest rates to refinance old bonds.
Aiding health of poor is key, 3 say
posted: 04/16/2010 4:12 a.m. Comment 1
Americans must work to address the needs of the country’s most disadvantaged citizens if they hope to improve the nation’s overall health, three former U.S. surgeons general said in Little Rock on Thursday.
Medical board rethinks ban list
posted: 04/09/2010 3:56 a.m. Discuss
Crossett native Justin Harney and others can pursue dreams of becoming doctors in Arkansas after the Arkansas State Medical Board voted Thursday to strike a list of foreign medical schools whose graduates were prohibited from practicing in the state.
Board takes new look at medical-school rule
posted: 04/08/2010 4:17 a.m. Discuss
The board responsible for licensing Arkansas’ doctors is considering doing away with a rule that bars graduates of certain foreign medical schools from practicing medicine in the state.
Defibrillators for schools mark victory for families
posted: 04/07/2010 3:50 a.m. Comments 2
They were three teenagers who were all the picture of health until they were stricken with undiagnosed heart conditions, collapsing in the midst of sports practice at their respective schools.
Insurers facing burden of proof
posted: 04/04/2010 5:15 a.m. Discuss
Health insurers that want to withdraw individual coverage will soon have to prove that a policyholder lied or intentionally withheld medical information on his application, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford said.
24 cancer groups get grants
posted: 04/02/2010 4:52 a.m. Discuss
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Arkansas Affiliate has awarded 24 grants totaling $1.19 million to Arkansas organizations involved in a range of activities to help detect, treat and raise awareness about breast cancer statewide.
UAMS taps Ohioan to lead neurology department
posted: 03/20/2010 3:40 a.m. Discuss
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has selected an Ohio physician and scientist to lead its neurology department after a six month search.
Calling all (too few) doctors
posted: 03/19/2010 5:07 a.m. Comments 5
Four years of hard work, struggle and heartbreak culminated with much-anticipated news Thursday for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences senior Yulanda Harrison.
Auditors not at fault, says Conway panel
posted: 03/17/2010 4:29 a.m. Discuss
A more than $990,000 accounting error in the Conway city budget was the result of poor bookkeeping at City Hall, and not a mistake by the company hired to do the city’s annual audit two years ago, members of Conway’s newly formed audit committee said Tuesday.
Consulate in LR offers Hispanics health advice
posted: 02/24/2010 4:46 a.m. Discuss
A new program is offering health education to an estimated 150 people each day who visit the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock.
State seeks bids to set up trauma call center
posted: 02/21/2010 5:53 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Department of Health is seeking a contractor to develop and manage a call center that will be the “nerve center” of the new statewide trauma system, the state health officer said.
Wide variation seen in health across Arkansas
posted: 02/18/2010 6:07 a.m. Discuss
Arkansans’ health varies widely from one end of the state to the other, with the healthiest counties concentrated in the northwest and the least-healthy counties spanning the Arkansas Delta in the east, according to a report released Wednesday.
Texas neurosurgeon lands post at UAMS
posted: 02/13/2010 5:19 a.m. Discuss
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Friday named the new head of its department of neurosurgery after a six-month, nationwide search.
Conway trims budget to refill reserve fund
posted: 02/13/2010 5:16 a.m. Discuss
The Conway City Council voted unanimously Friday night to approve $1.26 million in budget cuts to help make up for a shortage in the city’s cash reserves discovered this week.
NanoKnife giving patients hope
posted: 02/08/2010 4 a.m. Comment 1
Dr. David Hays leaned over the patient, carefully and methodically inserting each of three probes through the skin and down to the edges of the small tumor located just inside her liver.
Medical Board sets new rules on aides, ethics
posted: 02/05/2010 3:38 a.m. Comment 1
Two regulations approved by the Arkansas State Medical Board on Thursday lay out new rules on how the state’s doctors delegate tasks to unlicensed medical assistants and what are considered ethical violations in medical practice.
Medical Board revokes license of neurosurgeon
posted: 02/05/2010 3:15 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas State Medical Board revoked the license of a Jonesboro physician Thursday after he failed to show up for his disciplinary hearing.
Spinal surgery gives Iraqi girl hope
posted: 01/31/2010 1:08 a.m. Discuss
Four-year-old Christin Markoos lay in her Little Rock hospital bed last week, playfully pulling and batting the get-well balloons overhead.
LR doctor just back, describes Haiti need
posted: 01/30/2010 1:28 a.m. Comment 1
Haitians arrived every day by the truckload to a small makeshift hospital in the town of Jimani in the Dominican Republic.
Inequality cited in health poll
posted: 01/20/2010 5:04 a.m. Discuss
One in four Hispanics interviewed for a study by the Arkansas Minority Health Commission said they felt discriminated against when they went to doctors’ offices, hospitals or clinics in the state, according to a commission study released Tuesday.
State at core of plan to fight child obesity
posted: 01/17/2010 2:23 a.m. Comment 1
Arkansas is at the core of a national effort to reduce childhood obesity rates.
Trauma system OK, officials say
posted: 01/15/2010 5:05 a.m. Discuss
Progress on getting the statewide trauma system up and running won’t be hindered by the latest state budget cuts, Arkansas Department of Health officials said Thursday.
Cancer sleuths win $10.4 million grant
posted: 01/12/2010 4:52 a.m.
Discuss
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences cancer research program has gotten a $10.46 million federal stimulus grant that’s projected to create 123 temporary construction jobs and 87 permanent research jobs.
Treatments ease epilepsy ordeal
posted: 01/10/2010 2:07 a.m. Discuss
Lafayette County High School teacher Patricia Nishiuchi always carries a small magnet, which she uses to activate a device implanted in her chest should she feel a seizure coming on.
Children’s Hospital expanding - as usual
posted: 01/02/2010 3:16 a.m. Discuss
The south side of Arkansas Children’s Hospital is a hive of activity as construction crews progress with the largest expansion in the hospital’s 97-year history.
Kids organize charity to help needy children
posted: 12/30/2009 5:43 a.m. Comments 4
Hot Springs resident Kye Masino first got the idea to start his own charity when he was 10, after his fourth-grade class held a fundraiser for Arkansas Children’s Hospital. He thought he could raise more money for worthy causes by asking children to donate coins from their piggy banks.
State makes change at its Medicaid helm
posted: 12/23/2009 4:57 a.m. Discuss
The head of the state’s Medicaid program, Roy Jeffus, is stepping down after more than 30 years with state government.
Medicaid plan adds to debate
posted: 12/21/2009 5:04 a.m. Comments 3
Fifteen million low-income adults, including more than 200,000 Arkansans, would become eligible for Medicaid under a provision of the Senate health-care bill being debated in Washington.
Union hosts health-care forum
posted: 12/15/2009 5:10 a.m. Comment 1
Panelists at a forum in Little Rock on proposed changes to the nation’s health-care system said Monday that the debate is moving too slowly, leaving many people unable to get needed medical care or struggling with medical bills.
Crowds flock for swine-flu shots
posted: 12/09/2009 5:17 a.m. Discuss
Thousands of Arkansans thronged to mass clinics held in six counties Monday and Tuesday for their first chance to get the swine-flu vaccine, which became available to the general public this week.
Doctor rapped over Pressly files
posted: 12/04/2009 6:05 a.m. Comments 9
A Little Rock doctor was reprimanded and fined $500 by the Arkansas State Medical Board on Thursday for illegally accessing Anne Pressly’s medical records as she lay unconscious in intensive care at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center before she died.
Fear causes risky delay in HIV tests, experts say
posted: 12/02/2009 5:25 a.m. Discuss
Too many people wait until they are sick to get tested for the virus that causes AIDS, thus lowering the chance they will benefit from treatments that can lessen its symptoms and help them live longer, healthier lives, a panel of health experts said Tuesday.
UAMS posts loss of $43 million
posted: 12/01/2009 5:23 a.m. Discuss
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences closed the fiscal year ending June 30 with a greater than expected net loss of $43 million, Chief Financial Officer Melony Williams Goodhand said Monday.
Swine-flu clinics in state set
posted: 12/01/2009 5:21 a.m. Discuss
The general public will be able to get the swine-flu vaccine for the first time at mass vaccination clinics at sites throughout the state next week, Arkansas Department of Health officials announced Monday.
Arkansas ranks 40th in country in overall health
posted: 11/28/2009 6:25 a.m. Discuss
High rates of smoking and obesity are still among the biggest challenges plaguing the health of Arkansans and much of the nation, a recent report says.
Alcohol, the brain under study
posted: 11/25/2009 4:49 a.m. Discuss
UAMS scientists are working to analyze alcohol’s toxic effect on the brain and identify medicines that can block its destruction of brain cells.
Cancer advice kindles debate
posted: 11/22/2009 5:54 a.m. Discuss
New breast cancer screening guidelines released by a federally appointed task force last week have sparked strong and often passionate criticism from breast cancer survivors, physicians and policymakers around the country, including in Arkansas.
1,000 say ‘ah’ at LR free clinic
posted: 11/22/2009 5:46 a.m. Discuss
More than 1,000 uninsured Arkansans with a broad range of medical ailments, including at least seven who required immediate emergency care, sought care Saturday at a free clinic at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
Tobacco funds giving state a research edge
posted: 11/16/2009 5:28 a.m. Comment 1
Money from the state’s share of the tobacco settlement has helped scientists at five institutions compete for nationally competitive research grants, expand laboratories, buy equipment and attract new scientists.
