Content Tagged 'health'

Do a favor to your body and add fruit and herbs to your water.

UAMS researchers find that apps can get the job done.

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You really are what you eat because it determines how healthy your body will be and how everything from your skin to your hair will look.

UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center hosts annual event from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Health education and screening programs provided by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health to the more than 30,000 annual visitors to the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock got a $35,000 boost today from the Mexican government.

Benton Dental Associates at 437 Highway 5 North wants to help as many people as possible between 8:00 a.m. and noon, advises everyone to get there early.

Teams still making assessment after the March 29th oil spill.

Annual fundraiser serves up crawfish and all the fixin's.

Unicyclist Andy Gibson joins Good Day's Deedra Wilson with details about his special ride to raise awareness of the disease.

One in three births in the U.S. are by Cesarean. Here's a look at the pros and cons of having your baby this way.

Dr. Gary Wheeler with the Arkansas Department of Health discusses HIV-AIDS awareness with Good Day's Deedra Wilson. He says it's very simple to get tested.

State Health Department says patients of Dr. William Jarrod Stewart who received IV medicines from November 20, 2011 to February 20, 2012 could be at risk. No illnesses have been confirmed, tests are a precaution.

New rankings select Ouachita County as Least Healthy.

A look at anorexia, bulimia and binging.

Steve Adamson goes shirtless to find out for himself how relaxing massage can be.

It's called Pomalyst and works by modulating the body's immune system to destroy cancer cells and inhibit their growth.

The Arkansas Department of Health observes a century of service.

He works with a local farm project that also offers families fresh produce to help change what they put on the dinner table.

E-link technology brings doctors and patients together when they're hundreds of miles apart.

Better contraception and family planning counseling get the credit.

If you have an African Dwarf Frog, doctors say you should wash your hands after handling it.

Two Arkansas doctors discuss this very painful condition with Good Day's Greg Dee.

Dr. Jill Fussell, a developmental pediatrician at Arkansas Children's Hospital chats with Good Day's Deedra Wilson about resources for families with autistic children and shares details about an upcoming conference.

Dr. Elizabeth Frazier, Medical Director of the heart transplant program at Arkansas Children's Hospital. joins Deedra Wilson for this week's "Ask the Doctor" segment.

Fox 16's Jay Bir shows us some of the exercise basics for staying fit with the help of experts from 10 Fitness in Little Rock.

Sales reps accused of persuading doctors to prescribe drugs that were paid for with state and federal funds.

UAMS psychiatry expert talks about causes and treatments.

State health officials suspect the animal had been bitten by a skunk.

There is still time to get vaccinated against the flu. According to the Arkansas Department of Health, 13 people have already died from the outbreak.

Right now, the United States is on pace to have the worst West Nile Virus outbreak on record.

The Arkansas Department of Health says the state has recorded its first death this year attributed to the West Nile virus.

Saturday morning thousands of men and women will hit the streets for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K.  |   Race for the Cure 2012 results (76.5KB)

A lot of pharyngitis cases have been reported at the St. Vincent Clinic inside Walmart in North Little Rock and the clinic in Lonoke.

Property owners in a North Little Rock community fear they're surrounded by the cancer-causing agent asbestos. After being denied help for months, they're moving forward to make sure their homes are safe.

A new government survey shows 12 states now have very high obesity rates.

A look at what it takes to have a healthy heart.

An investigation is underway into how more than one-hundred middle school students in Little Rock all came down with stomach problems Friday.

Like their counterparts in other southern states, Arkansas Republicans denounced "Obamacare" during this year's election campaign and called for its repeal. But now that they've won control of the Legislature for the first time in 138 years, GOP lawmakers are considering something that would be anathema to conservatives elsewhere -- expanding government health care in the state.

The Arkansas Department of Health announced a recall Thursday related to the fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed 28 people.

On Saturday February 16 free shots and health screenings will be available at the First Assembly of God in North Little Rock.

Saturday, four African-American sororities united to help teach mothers how to keep their babies healthy.

According to findings from Breathalyzer tests, using diet drinks as mixers with alcohol intensifies the effects of the booze.

The Arkansas Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of Whooping Cough at the Clinton Intermediate School in Clinton.

The ancient exercise can help stroke patients keep their balance and avoid falling down.

These days, it seems like you can do just about anything on your mobile device: text friends, play games, even smoke a cigarette! That’s right. You can now download apps that researchers say promote smoking.

Two ten-year-old twins are leaving on a trip they've waited their whole lives to take. Thanks to your votes in a national contest, Bryant natives Dylan and Darrin Horne are taking their first family vacation to Morgan's Wonderland - an amusement park built specifically for children with special needs.

A new initiative is teaching kids how to control their impulses when breaking up. Researchers say in some cases breaking up can become violent and sometimes deadly.

Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday he supports expanding Medicaid eligibility in Arkansas under the federal health care law after officials assured him the state could later opt out, setting up a potentially heated fight with Republican lawmakers as they try to win control of the state Legislature.