JONESBORO, AR – Jessika Sanz, a third-year medical student at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University(NYITCOM at A-State), has received a Research and Mentor Program (RAMP) Scholar Award to perform a research elective at Columbia University during the 2022-23 academic year. Sanz will [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Retirees at St. BernardsVilla have started participating in a pilot physical therapy programusing a special virtual reality (VR) system built, in part, for senior care facilities. St. Bernards physical therapists are among the first virtual-reality certified physical therapists in Arkansas, using a platform called Neuro Rehab VR that helps patients who experienced strokes, partial paralysis, muscle [read more…]
JONESBORO, AR – New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) has announced that Evette L. Allen Moore, Ph.D., has been hired as assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Allen Moore will be based at NYITCOM’s Jonesboro, Ark. location (NYITCOM-Arkansas). “Dr. Allen Moore comes to us with leadership, experience, [read more…]
FREE Grief Day Camp Set for Sat., May 21, 2022 LITTLE ROCK, AR – After two years of dormancy because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Methodist Family Health’s Camp Healing Hearts is back this year with a day camp for Arkansas children and families struggling with grief. Coordinated by Kaleidoscope Grief [read more…]
JONESBORO, AR – Erika Levy, a third-year medical student at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, won first place in the A. Hollis Wolf Case Competition at the American Academy of Osteopathy’s (AAO) annual conference held March 23 through 27 in Orlando, Fla. [read more…]
Little Rock, Ark. – As Arkansans plan to enjoy the outdoors during the coming summer months, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) stresses the importance of taking precautions against ticks and mosquitoes and the diseases they can carry. Arkansas has some of the highest rates in the nation for tick-borne [read more…]
Jonesboro, Ark. – For the first time in 40 years, Dr. Stephen Woodruff did not walk into a full outpatient clinic. Over the past 4 decades, he has worked along-side his partner, Dr. Ray Hall and has dedicated a career into providing excellent care for patients in northeast Arkansas. Beginning [read more…]
Jonesboro, Ark., March 16th, 2022 – Internal Medicine and Pediatric Physician, Dr. Matthew Harvison provides pediatric patients with books during milestone visits. The program, intended for patients 6 months to 3 years, involves giving the child a book during each milestone visit in an effort to encourage reading at an early age. [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Eastern Arkansas’ largest annual event dedicated to community health and wellness, the “St. Bernards Medical Group Health Expo,” returns April 9 to First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro following a two-year pause. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted organizers to shutter the event in 2020 and 2021, but recent [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark.—NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the NEA Baptist Health System, today received a donation of $1.6 million from Kim and Chris Fowler. This gift will fund a comprehensive mobile health unit in Jonesboro that will deliver care to underinsured and uninsured individuals in underserved communities in [read more…]
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