3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (197+ words) Bentonville’s Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America has announced an initial $100 million, five-year commitment from Olivia and Tom Walton to help cut maternal deaths in half across the United States, according to a press release. The investment will fund “state matching…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (349+ words) Since 1888, the mission of CHI St. Vincent has been simple: to provide life-saving care to every Arkansan who walks through our doors. But today, that mission faces a significant challenge—not because of a lack of medical expertise or dedication,…...

5+ day, 17+ 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, 5+ day ago   (578+ words) Few medical fields have transformed as profoundly and with such rapidity of late as weight loss thanks to the emergence of GLP-1 medications. Dr. Lewis Porter, general and bariatric surgeon with Saline Health System, has seen the impact of the…...