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May 13, 2021
For a woman in her late 70s, difficulty navigating more than two-dozen medications resulted in repeated trips to the emergency room. For an older man, misunderstanding a prescribed medicine’s directions led to an overdose.
A Cornell-led collaboration seeks to support older adults like these – living alone and diagnosed with mild dementia – to take critical medications safely, helping them to continue living independently and avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
“Medication mistakes occur commonly and can be dangerous and costly, especially for serious medication like opioids,” said Rana Zadeh, associate professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis in the College of Human Ecology and co-director of the Health Design Innovations Lab. “This is a huge issue to be addressed nationally, and we have to provide better design solutions for older people and others who experience a decline of cognitive functioning to accommodate all their needs.”
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UAMS researcher Nirmala Parajuli has been awarded a five-year, $2.46 million grant to study a drug therapy that could reduce damage to donated kidneys during cold storage and therefore improve the long-term outcomes of patients who receive kidneys from deceased donors.
Parajuli is an assistant professor in the College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
As a UAMS Research Academy Scholar, she received training and other support to develop her grant submission.
The academy is supported by the UAMS Translational Research Institute, the UAMS Division of Research and Innovation and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
Friday, April 23, 2021
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 5 at New Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 515 E. Sawyer St., in Blytheville. The clinic is available to pre-registered patients only. No onsite registration will be allowed. There is no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. UAMS will administer the first dose of the two-dose Pfizer vaccine. As of March 31, all Arkansans age 16 and older are eligible for vaccinations; the Pfizer vaccine is the only one approved for use in teens as young as 16. A parent or guardian must come to the vaccine appointment with patients under 18.
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