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U.S. Judge Blocks Florida Dept of Health’s Threats to Broadcasters Over Pro-Abortion Amendment Ads
AMMC Family Practice & Urgent Care Welcomes Melissa Wright, MD
Mercy Opens 65 Prime+ Clinic in Fort Smith
UAMS Hosts Oct. 24 Spinal Neurosurgery Lecture
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Offer Lung Cancer Screenings
Race for a Healthier Tomorrow Raises More than $57K for Arkansas Children’s Hospital
UA Little Rock Receives $5M to Combat Drug Use Among Arkansas Youth
CARTI’s Festival of Trees Set for Nov. 14-16
October 21, 2024
U.S. Judge Blocks Florida Dept of Health...

The following article by Jackie Llanos appeared in the Florida Phoenix on Oct. 17, 2024.

Update: A federal judge temporarily barred the DeSantis administration from intimidating and coercing television stations that air ads in support of the proposed Amendment 4, which would bar government interference in abortion.

The ruling stops Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo as the head of the Florida Department of Health from acting against broadcasters the department has already threatened with criminal charges.

October 21, 2024
AMMC Family Practice & Urgent Care W...

AMMC Family Practice & Urgent Care welcomed Melissa Wright, MD, board-certified family medicine physician. The office is located at 1110 W. Kings Highway in Paragould, Ark.

Wright has previously practiced at Ozarks Healthcare in Thayer, Mo., and Mammoth Spring, Ark. A graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, she completed a family medicine residency at the University of Tennessee, Memphis.

Patients may schedule an appointment from Monday-Thursday between 8 a.m.-6 p.m. or use a walk-in appointment option.

October 21, 2024
Mercy Opens 65 Prime+ Clinic in Fort Smi...

65 Prime+ by Mercy clinic, located at 6801 Rogers Ave., Suite 107 in Fort Smith, is now open for patient care. 65 Prime+ by Mercy – Tower West is a clinic geared toward Medicare patients, those 65 and older.

The new clinic, located in the former Convenient Care at Mercy Tower West, offers an expanded primary care experience with longer and more frequent appointment times, ensuring that patients have ample time to discuss all their health care needs,

October 21, 2024
UAMS Hosts Oct. 24 Spinal Neurosurgery L...

Nicholas Theodore, MD, a nationally recognized expert in brain and spinal cord injury, will discuss advances in spine surgery in a free, public lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

October 14, 2024
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Inst...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will offer lung cancer screenings Nov. 9 from 8 a.m.-12 noon.

Low-dose CT screenings, which are X-rays of the lungs, will be given on the 7th floor of the Cancer Institute located at 449 Jack Stephens Drive in Little Rock. Free parking will be available in UAMS Parking Deck 3 next to the Cancer Institute.