by - December 14, 2017 11:26 am
The Arkansas Department of Health, along with other healthcare providers, has adopted new hypertension guidelines, and the new guidelines mean some patients who didn’t think they had high blood pressure…
by - December 12, 2017 6:12 pm
Research funding at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) grew 53% during the last fiscal year, contributing to the Arkansas economy and bringing the potential to grow new…
by - December 12, 2017 5:20 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Dec. 12) publicly thanked the state Tobacco Settlement Commission (ATSC) for its support in paring down more than 500 families on the waiting list for…
by - December 10, 2017 4:53 pm
Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Mercy Hospital in Northwest Arkansas will have an additional lifeline as a result of the 24th annual Mercy Health Foundation’s O’Night…
by - December 8, 2017 1:00 pm
The University of Arkansas System has named two finalists for the chancellor position at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Stephanie Gardner, interim chancellor, provost and senior vice chancellor…
by - December 7, 2017 7:59 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he’s still optimistic about getting a federal waiver for Arkansas Works, his version of the Medicaid expansion proposal under the Affordable Health Act. Hutchinson and Arkansas…
by - December 6, 2017 5:40 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) announced Wednesday (Dec. 6) plans for a 15-month accelerated bachelor of science nursing program, or accelerated BSN, in conjunction with Sparks and…
by - December 6, 2017 1:50 pm
Noelle Danylchuk, a certified genetic counselor at UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, has been named chair for the Department of Genetic Counseling in the College of Health Professions at the University…
by - December 5, 2017 2:56 pm
Allan Martin, a family practitioner with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, started seeing patients at a new clinic office at Butterfield Trail Village in Fayetteville on Nov….
by - December 5, 2017 11:05 am
Major U.S. tobacco companies have started running ads in the Little Rock Sun and across the nation to comply with a 2006 federal court order after 11 years of appeals…
by - December 5, 2017 7:58 am
The number of people enrolled in Arkansas Works fell 6% to 309,719 in October, from 330,488 in the same month in 2016, according to the Arkansas Department of Human Services….
by - December 4, 2017 8:50 pm
A Little Rock-based financial technology startup with ties to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association has announced it is partnering with an unnamed Arkansas bank to offer electronic payments and financial…
by - December 1, 2017 7:16 pm
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) on Friday (Dec. 1) unanimously approved an aggressive two-month schedule to score and approve nearly 100 applications for the state’s first pot-growing cultivation facilities…
by - December 1, 2017 2:41 pm
CryoFactor, a health and wellness company in Fayetteville, is making a move into Bentonville through a partnership with Bentonville Family Chiropractic. CryoFactor offers whole-body cryotherapy, where an individual receiving treatment…
by - December 1, 2017 9:58 am
Mercy Health Foundation, which financially supports healthcare provider Mercy, will host its 24th annual fundraising gala O’ Night Divine Charity Ball on Saturday (Dec. 2), featuring country music artist Chris…
by - November 30, 2017 1:00 pm
The question on the minds of many in the drugstore, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries is once again what to do about Amazon’s visible interest toward prescription medication and medical devices,…
by - November 29, 2017 4:52 pm
Melissa Curry has been named chief executive officer for Methodist Village Senior Living, a facility embarking on a multi-million dollar expansion. The announcement was made by the Board of Directors…
by - November 28, 2017 5:34 pm
Area emergency medical services leaders say a shortage of paramedics will require a multipronged approach to fix. A fire department chief and the head of Central Emergency Medical Services said…
by - November 28, 2017 5:25 pm
Hundreds of families across Northwest Arkansas have been helped by Little Rock-based healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s. In the past, that has meant uprooting lives and traveling three hours away to…
by - November 27, 2017 1:54 pm
A Fayetteville startup plans to invest $31.3 million in a generic medication manufacturing facility in the city, the company announced Monday (Nov. 27) at a groundbreaking ceremony attended by business…
