by - August 10, 2017 10:15 pm
Although no one has yet to file an application to operate a pot-growing greenhouse or dispensaries when medical marijuana sales are expected to kick-off in early 2018, Rep. Doug House,…
by - August 9, 2017 5:32 pm
A new pro-medical marijuana association has been formed that includes as board members a former Arkansas attorney general and the author of the amendment that brought medical marijuana to the…
by - August 9, 2017 12:53 pm
A new state law that went into effect Aug. 1 requires insurers in Arkansas to cover the cost of 3-D mammograms and ultra sounds for routine screenings for women. The…
by - August 8, 2017 8:26 pm
As President Donald Trump and U.S. healthcare policymakers on Tuesday (Aug. 8) addressed the nation’s growing opioid epidemic, a new study shows the Arkansas prescription drug problem is so serious…
by - August 8, 2017 4:12 pm
Orthopaedic surgeon Tom Roberts has joined Conway Regional Health System as medical director for a new sports medicine program that’s part of the Conway Regional Center for Orthopaedics and Sports…
by - August 7, 2017 3:24 pm
Dr. Dane Flippin was on vacation in California in November 2016 when Arkansas voters decided to allow medical marijuana in the Natural State. The Searcy native researched the issue and…
by - August 7, 2017 8:20 am
Two recent events in Northwest Arkansas — the annual Color of Hope Gala and the Will Golf for Kids Tournament — combined to raise $1.1 million, putting Arkansas Children’s Northwest…
by - August 6, 2017 9:33 am
As healthcare reform seems destined for a bipartisan solution in the U.S. Senate, Arkansas’ senior Senator John Boozman said he also expects tax reform to include both sides of the…
by - August 4, 2017 6:22 pm
Arkansas Children’s Hospital CEO Marcy Doderer said the new Springdale campus is on schedule for completion this fall and between now and opening in January the hospital will need to…
by - August 3, 2017 5:44 pm
Brandi Snodgrass Hill would have died had it not been for an ice cube. It was late-night at a Jonesboro-area hospital, and Hill was a patient there after a severe…
by - August 2, 2017 9:08 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated to reflect that Sparks physicians are already out of network with United, with the hospital possibly being out of network by Nov. 1. –––––––––––––––––– Sparks Clinic…
by - August 1, 2017 1:40 pm
There is some truth to the adage money can cure many ills, but it can’t always buy healthiness. The United States spends more on healthcare than nearly a dozen other…
by - July 31, 2017 9:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson was part of a small group of governors invited to the White House over the weekend to visit with Trump Administration officials about how to move forward…
by - July 31, 2017 4:51 pm
In 1887, George F. Degen, director of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Smith, Ark., discovered a railroad worker had been horribly injured. Degen collected his hat and marched several…
by - July 31, 2017 11:14 am
Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have been awarded a $2.97 million, five-year grant by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases. The…
by - July 30, 2017 2:10 pm
In 2012, Rev. Pamela Cicioni and Meritt Hutchinson, who had recently lost her mother to cancer, began dreaming about creating a healing garden in Northwest Arkansas. That dream drew one…
by - July 30, 2017 1:51 pm
Dean Weber’s life was changed forever on a hot, humid Monday early in his career as an athletic trainer at the University of North Carolina. One of his players collapsed…
by - July 28, 2017 10:45 am
Some 220 Arkansas patients have already received medical marijuana registry identification cards, less than a month since state Department of Health (ADH) officials began accepting applications to allow citizens to…
by - July 26, 2017 3:32 pm
Relatively low health insurance rate increase requests for Arkansas’ individual marketplace indicate the state is a leader in health care reform, according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. The Arkansas Insurance Department…
by - July 25, 2017 7:39 pm
U.S. Senate Republicans, with the aid of a tie breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence approved a procedural vote Tuesday to allow the healthcare debate to move forward. The…
