March 8, 2020

The public is invited to hear a free lecture from Jonathan B. Clark, MD — an expert in aerospace medicine who has served numerous roles for NASA and the U.S. Navy — at 12:30 p.m. March 10 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Clark will present Touch the Future: Research, Medicine and Space Exploration in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building auditorium. Clark is giving the Robert E. McGehee Jr., PhD, Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Research as part of the UAMS Graduate School’s annual Student Research Day.

March 8, 2020

Healthcare screening and other services will be offered free to the public on March 28 at the March Man-ness Men’s Health Event, presented by the 12 St. Health & Wellness Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

The event will be 9 a.m.-noon at the Bishop Leodies & Goldie Warren Community Development Center, 1200 Bishop Warren Drive in Little Rock. For more information, visit https://healthon12th.uams.edu/ or call (501) 614-2492.

March 2, 2020

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) hosted its first session of Structure, Function, & Technology: An Introduction to Medicine on Feb. 28 on the Jonesboro campus. Students from Greene County Tech, Nettleton, Valley View, and Westside High Schools took part in the program.

March 2, 2020

Arkansas Heart Hospital has once again been awarded the prestigious Five-Star Overall Hospital rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Arkansas Heart Hospital is one of 405 hospitals nationwide to receive this distinction and is the only hospital in the state to receive it for two consecutive years. The hospital has also been named one of the nation’s top 22 patient-recommended hospitals, one of only two in Arkansas.

March 2, 2020

The following statement was released by Arkansas Heart Hospital: