The 22nd annual Family Medicine Update at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer continuing education for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists Oct. 25-27, including a half-day emphasis on ear, nose, and throat topics.
A discounted early registration price of $330 for three days or $250 for two days is available through Oct. 5. To register, call (501) 686-6626 or visit cme.uams.edu.
The Arkansas Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)/Resilience Workgroup is sponsoring a summit entitled Every Child, in Every Community Sept. 25-16. This group is dedicated to preventing ACEs and helping communities build safe, stable, and nurturing environments for all children. Formed in May 2017, the workgroup is a cross-sector collaboration of 260 individuals representing about 200 organizations and government agencies in healthcare, public health, education, law enforcement, human services, mental health, churches and businesses.
Zoe Weeks of Jonesboro has been awarded the $10,000 Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.
There were 621 people who died by suicide in Arkansas in 2017, making it the leading cause of violent death in Arkansas in that year. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and partners want Arkansans to know there is help and hope.
ADH and the Attorney General’s office came together at the onset of Suicide Prevention Awareness Week to discuss the state’s efforts to reduce the number of suicide-related deaths at an event at the State Capitol.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has proclaimed September as Safe Sleep Awareness Month in recognition of the need to educate Arkansas parents and caregivers about how to keep infants safe as they sleep.
In 2016, approximately 300 infants in Arkansas died before their first birthday and nearly one quarter of the deaths were sudden, unexpected infant deaths (SUID), a majority of which were sleep-related.
