Tag: health care

New Businesses Aim to Satisy Soles and Souls

A New Balance outlet has opened in Rogers, while a longtime therapist has gone solo in Fayetteville.

Local Student Gets National Stage

Eighth-grader Cal Davies is representing Arkansas as a nutritional program spokesperson.

SFC Fluidics Working on Mobile Brain Injury Device

A local company could be changing the way brain injuries are diagnosed.

Mercy Health Raises $447,000 at Charity Ball

The Mercy Health Foundation raised $447,000 for stereotatic breast biopsy equipment, among other research materials, at its 16th annual O? Night Divine Charity Ball, according to a press release by the Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas.

Electronic Records and Exotic Gifts Come to Fayetteville

A gift shop featuring offerings from the Himalayas and a blossoming IT company highlight Fayetteville’s newest businesses

H1N1 Flu Fuels Push for Paid Leave

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Arkansas Department of Health and even President Barack Obama have told anyone with swine flu-like symptoms to stay at home. But for many American workers, that directive poses a problem: if they don?t go

Alternative Medical Practice and Dickson St. Boutique Highlight New Openings

A doctor and a hairstylist are among Northwest Arkansas’ newest business owners

Schmieding Honored At Anniversary Event

The 10th anniversary celebration at the Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education on Nov. 18 turned into a tribute to the center?s benefactor, who passed away just two days before the event.

Roller Institute Builds Office

Architectural Contractors Inc. of Springdale recently purchased a building permit valued at $418,547 for an office at 1280 E. Stearns, Ste. 5 in Fayetteville.

Businesses Urged to Prep For Likely H1N1 Outbreak

As the H1N1 virus spreads, businesses are encouraged to develop contingency plans in order to protect employees and maintain operations.

Simmons Foods Invests In Employees? Health Care

Simmons Foods is part of a growing trend of employers offering medical care to their employees and their employees? families.

Public-school Employees Embroiled in Insurance Issues

Health insurance premiums for teachers and public-school employees remain grossly more expensive than those of full-fledged state employees.

Memory Lane First Alzheimer?s-only Center

Memory Lane, located in Van Buren, opened three months ago as the first assisted living center in Arkansas that offers care specifically for patients suffering from Alzheimer?s disease and dementia.