November 25, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump recently announced his nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Dr. Mehmet Oz as leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). .

November 25, 2024

Kirby N. Von Edwins, MD, recently joined the team at Baptist Health Heart Institute/Arkansas Cardiology Clinic-Little Rock.

Von Edwins received his medical education from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he also completed residency training in internal medicine and a cardiovascular disease fellowship as a chief fellow.

November 25, 2024

Children who grow up in Arkansas have a harder time with asthma than their peers elsewhere, and a scientist at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hopes to discover why.

November 25, 2024

The drug methadone, commonly used to treat opioid addiction by detoxification and maintenance, requires daily visits to an outpatient clinic as well as countless counseling sessions and drug screenings. The intensive treatment also comes with a sense of stigma that can be more difficult to deal with than the actual therapy.

November 25, 2024

Baptist Health Gastroenterology Clinic in Little Rock recently welcomed gastroenterologist Preksha Vankawala, MD.

Vankawala earned a medical education from the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.