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State and local leaders are considering how best to treat Arkansas’s opioid crisis if their coalition lawsuit succeeds against opioid drug makers and…
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At the 90-year-old Coker-Hampton Drug Company in downtown Stuttgart, the pharmacist and owner of the last 25 years, James Bethea, is deeply concerned…
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While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked Arkansas the most obese state in the nation in 2014, the state’s weight epidemic is now…
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It’s a small part of Arkansas's overall budget, but Gov. Asa Hutchinson's proposed $400 million dollar appropriation for the Department of Health next…
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The Arkansas Department of Health is warning residents about a significant influenza outbreak and how best to prepare.“In a bad flu year, it's estimated a…
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Arkansas’s health groups are reacting to corrective statements the tobacco industry began airing on network TV in late November with some optimism that…
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Soy has been widely accepted as a heart-healthy food for nearly two decades. Manufacturers of packaged food products have claimed that soy protein reduces…
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When the winds are just right on an October afternoon, clouds of smoke can be seen from the rural highways of Mississippi County. Once in a while, an…
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Patients awaiting Arkansas's first-in-the-Bible-Belt medical marijuana program will have to demonstrate that other kind of patience.The agency…
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About one in four first responders suffers from moderate to major depression, according to an ongoing University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences study…