by - April 12, 2017 2:41 pm
The now famous IBM Watson has helped connect cancer research at Fayetteville-based Highlands Oncology Group with research at Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson and other research capable clinics. Earlier this year…
by - April 10, 2017 3:11 pm
Kelli Parker and Lisa Quinn shared their personal experiences as metastatic breast cancer patients at the second annual Metsquerade on Saturday (April 8). The women asked the 600 people in…
by - April 10, 2017 2:49 pm
More than 12,000 attended the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Northwest Arkansas Heart Walk on Saturday (April 8) at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, according to the AHA. The…
by - April 6, 2017 11:59 am
Having a baby is one of life’s greatest joys, but one in seven couples trying to conceive will be diagnosed as infertile, according to the National Women’s Health Resource Center….
by - April 3, 2017 7:37 pm
Marcy Doderer, president and CEO of Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), said news of Phase II in Springdale was announced prematurely on Friday (March 31), and not everything told to the…
by - March 31, 2017 5:00 pm
Even before construction is complete on Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale, a second phase is in the works that will see a seven- or eight-floor office tower for physicians that…
by - March 31, 2017 12:58 pm
A University of Arkansas chemist has received a $1.5 million grant “to develop mathematical models to improve the reliability and efficiency of computer-aided drug design,” according to a news release….
by - March 30, 2017 5:21 pm
Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolivar was fascinated by the plant-based remedies developed in his home country of Peru. Traditional, pharmaceutical medicines were rarely available, and he wondered what properties in the plants…
by - March 28, 2017 10:26 am
Kaaren Biggs, the Biggs family and Packaging Specialties Inc. have donated $2 million to Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale, it was announced Tuesday (March 28). “Throughout the years, our family…
by - March 27, 2017 4:39 pm
Storm Nolan will be the first person to tell you his idea for a medical marijuana cultivation facility in Fort Smith isn’t a given. After all, state officials are proceeding…
by - March 24, 2017 3:50 pm
Lacking the votes for passage, Republican U.S. House leaders pulled the bill that would repeal and replace Obamacare shortly before it was scheduled for a Friday (March 24) vote. Republican…
by - March 23, 2017 1:16 pm
Vice President Mike Pence will visit Little Rock Friday, according to the Republican Party of Arkansas. The vice president will make remarks at Little Rock Tours and Travel at 2:30…
by - March 22, 2017 4:30 pm
NOWDiagnostics of Springdale has been named a finalist in the 2017 Medical Design Excellence Awards for its ADEXUSDx product line, the company announced on March 15. Its rapid point-of-care tests…
by - March 22, 2017 4:26 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, has not seen any changes to the American Health Care Act that would alter his opposition and he voiced his concerns over government’s role and…
by - March 20, 2017 7:01 pm
Haag-Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development closed one of the largest real estate deals in Northeast Arkansas in the last 10 years. The firm closed a $14 million deal to…
by - March 17, 2017 5:16 pm
Arkansans will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday alone next January and remember General Robert E. Lee in October after House members passed a bill giving King his own day…
by - March 16, 2017 12:45 pm
The U.S. House Budget Committee on Thursday (March 16) advanced the American Health Care Act, with the two Arkansas members on the committee, U.S. Reps. Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman,…
by - March 16, 2017 7:54 am
Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock has received the Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. On Wednesday (March 15), the 359-bed pediatric hospital found out it had earned…
by - March 15, 2017 7:41 pm
The House Rules Committee voted Wednesday (March 15) to ban the sale of marijuana edibles and to ban marijuana smoking in certain places and situations. House Bill 1392 by Robin…
by - March 15, 2017 9:49 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, says he is whipping votes for Speaker Paul Ryan’s healthcare reform proposal and hopes to see it move to the House floor as early as…
