Category: Health/Medicine

Construction begins on the replacement facility for Wadley Regional Medical Center.

Press Release

Texarkana, Texas: Steward Health Care has signed a contract with Robins & Morton for the construction of the replacement facility for Wadley Regional Medical Center. The construction will include the Medical Center as well as a Medical Office Building. The new state-of-the-art Wadley Regional Medical Center will be located in northwest Texarkana just off I30 […]

Wadley Regional Medical Center recognized by the Arkansas Department of Health for excellence in stroke care.

Press Release

Texarkana, Texas: Wadley Regional Medical Center was one of only three Primary Stroke Centers in the state of Arkansas and Texarkana to receive the Arkansas Department of Health Coverdell Defect-Free Care award for providing quality stroke care. Joining Mercy Hospital in Ft. Smith and Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Wadley is recognized based on data […]

Oklahoma Optometrists Offer Complimentary Vision Exams on Giving Sight Day: October 2, 2021

Press Release

The Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians and its participating members will be hosting the second annual Giving Sight Day on Saturday, October 2. Giving Sight Day is designed for families and individuals in-need to receive complimentary vision care at participating clinics. “Clear vision and healthy eyes are gifts that all Oklahomans should enjoy,” said OAOP […]

Life Skills Autism Academy Opens First-of-its-Kind Center Dedicated to Early Childhood Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Press Release

The launch in Plano, Texas will provide a new resource for parents and kids seeking a more intensive, individualized, early approach to therapy PLANO, Texas, Aug. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On Tuesday a group of leaders from Life Skills Autism Academy and the Plano Chamber of Commerce gathered to celebrate the opening of a new center offering high quality early […]

Nurse Practitioners Launch National Awareness Campaign

Press Release

AUSTIN, Texas, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) has launched “We Choose NPs,” a national public awareness campaign highlighting the crucial role nurse practitioners (NPs) play in expanding access to primary care nationwide The campaign – leveraging an integrated mix of television, radio, and digital advertising – showcases the experiences of real […]

Students from Pleasant Grove Intermediate School Named Winners of Klondike Leadership Academy Grand Prize

Press Release

Klondike Leadership Academy is focused on creating a legacy of leaders within the community and within the world. Their goal is to teach children within their program what it means to be a leader, and how they can be one. To do so, they have seven Skill Sets children to learn just what it takes […]

Avocados From Mexico Certified by the American Heart Association’s® Heart-Check Certification Program

Press Release

DALLAS, TX– The American Heart Association certifies America’s number-one selling Avocado brand, Avocados From Mexico (AFM) with the Heart-Check mark to help make it easy for consumers to identify heart-healthy foods. According to research from the American Heart Association – the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease – 75% of consumers […]

Author of What’s Really Eating You? Tells How to Keep Back-to-School from Becoming Back to Emotional Eating

Letter / Opinion

  ARLINGTON, TX– As lazy summer gives way to Back-to-School time, stress levels rise. Families coping with new teachers, new schools, new extracurricular activities and new schedules are in danger of turning to old friends for comfort: cookies, cakes, salty snacks and fast-food, says Renée Jones, author of the new book What’s Really Eating You? Overcome the […]

Oklahoma Nursing Homes: Save Our Residents from Cuts and Closures

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Lawmakers must “keep promise” to protect vulnerable seniors Oklahoma-With the Supreme Court having struck down a cigarette fee designed to shore up Oklahoma’s underfunded Medicaid program, nursing homes and their residents are now bracing for budget cuts and closures. Early reports indicate that, without the over $200 million in state revenue generated from the fee, […]