Family medicine physician German Corrales, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients at the UAMS Health Neighborhood Clinic on Capital Mall in Little Rock.
He will also serve as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will offer lung cancer screenings on Nov. 8 from 8 a.m.-noon.
Low-dose CT screenings, a special type of X-ray of the lungs, will be given on the third floor of the Cancer Institute located at 449 Jack Stephens Drive in Little Rock. Free parking will be available in UAMS Parking Deck 3, 4030 W. Capitol Ave., next to the Cancer Institute.
To raise awareness of childhood lead poisoning prevention, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week NLPPW from Oct. 19-25.
The ADH will be participating in multiple activities in Arkansas. To learn more about lead exposure, visit ADH’s Lead-Based Paint program at the following events in support of NLPPW:
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Baptist Health is offering special appointment times for patients who qualify for low-dose computed tomography (CT) screenings.
The following Baptist Health Imaging Centers are scheduling lung cancer screening appointments Saturday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.:
-Baptist Health Imaging Center-Kanis
9101 Kanis Road, Suite 100, Little Rock
-Baptist Health Imaging Center-North Little Rock
3600 Springhill Drive, North Little Rock
-Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway
1555 Exchange Ave., Conway
Barbers from throughout Arkansas will convene at Little Rock’s Mosaic Templars Cultural Center on Oct. 27 for the inaugural Barber Connect Showcase Day.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Barbershop Talk research team is presenting the showcase. Barbershop Talk is a study that encourages men to avoid heavy alcohol consumption as a way to improve health.
