October 9, 2023

Baptist Health has reached a definitive agreement to add Drew Memorial Health System in Monticello to the Baptist Health system. The acquisition will be subject to customary regulatory approvals, and in the interim, Baptist Health will immediately begin managing Drew Memorial Health System’s general operations.

October 9, 2023

The Washington Regional J.B. Hunt Transport Services Cancer Support Home will offer free clinical breast exams during a breast health clinic on Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. – noon. The clinic will be held at The Breast Center, a MANA Clinic, 55 W. Sunbridge Dr. in Fayetteville. Space is limited and appointments are required.

October 9, 2023

The Little Rock Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae Chapter is hosting its fifth-annual Think Pink Parade to cheer on the patients at CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock on Oct. 19 in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Community members are invited to participate.

October 2, 2023

The Proton Center of Arkansas recently opened at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), becoming the first proton therapy center in Arkansas and only the 43rd in the nation to provide the most advanced cancer radiation treatment in the world. 

October 2, 2023

WASHINGTON -- Arkansas' U.S. Sen. John Boozman helped introduce legislation Thursday to expand a federal grant program to university initiatives addressing mental health among college athletes.

The Targeting Emotional Mental Stability Act would allow universities to seek funding for creating and maintaining programs for athletes, including peer-to-peer counseling, crisis lines and campuswide outreach addressing the stigma of seeking mental health services.