5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (117+ words) St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro now offers 24/7 neurointerventional stroke coverage, the hospital announced. It is the only hospital in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri to offer this level of care, according to a press release. The hospital also announced…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (379+ words) Arkansas Money & Politics Mercy Hospitals in FS, Rogers Recognized for Cardiac Care Mercy hospitals in Fort Smith and Rogers have been recognized among the nation’s top-performing hospitals for heart attack care. Both Mercy Hospital Fort Smith and Mercy Hospital Northwest…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (191+ words) The National Institutes of Health awarded the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center at the University of Arkansas $11.2 million in Phase 2 funding. The funding rewards the successful completion of Phase 1 and is a strong validation of work done over the first…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (630+ words) When an athlete is injured during a game, time stops — and not just on the clock. Dr. Austin Cole, orthopedic surgeon at Conway Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center, said he understands the frustration that comes with wondering whether an injury will…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (511+ words) To understand how new the field of audiology is relative to other medical specialties, consider that audiologist Mary Chatelain, founder of Pinnacle Hearing, earned her degree from Louisiana Tech University in 2007 as a member of that school’s very first doctoral…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (671+ words) Conway Regional Health Foundation is dedicated to fundraising for what Maegan Dyson, chief development officer, called “the gap” — namely, the gap between available resources and what is necessary to meet the needs of the Conway Regional Health System and the…...