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Cervical cancer screening to be increased in Arkansas

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer next to breast cancer in women and is the main cause of morbidity and mortality. Early recognisation of cervical cancer would help in early treatment //and help in cure and reducing mortality due to cervical cancer. A cytologic screening test known as Pap smear test is used to detect early diagnosis of cervical cancer in its preinvasive state and c...

Arkansas Hospital Taken Over By CHS

The acquisition of Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City, Ark has been closed on by ..Brentwood-based Community Health Systems. The acute health care centre which is 118-bedded would be leased from its owner (St. Francis County, Ark.). // ....In addition, some other assets would be acquired from the former operator of the health care center (Memphis-based Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.) T...

Arkansas Governor Explains New Health Plan Insurance On Radio Show

The federal Government has decided to provide health insurance to approximately 80,000 employers who fall under the low-income group. // The funding for the insurance would be contributed by the employer, in addition to the federal and state funds. ....Mike Huckabee of the Arkansas Government has urged that the health insurance be provided to all employees. This move is anticipated to yield con...

Childhood Obesity Tackled in Arkansas

Arkansas has unveiled new body-mass index numbers that can be used to assess childhood obesity.// ..Three years ago Rhonda Sanders received an eye-opening letter from her daughter's school which revealed that her daughter at age 10, 5-foot, and 137-pounds was heavier than 98 percent of her peers. ..Last year after following a regimen which included jumping rope in the backyard, substituting sod...

University of Arkansas to Ban Tobacco from Its Campus

The University of Arkansas is on schedule to become one of the first major universities in the country to completely ban tobacco and tobacco products from its campus. University officials intend to give the Fayetteville campus community and its visitors more than a year to adjust to the policy: the ban is scheduled to go into effect July 1, 2008. ......Obviously, this is a health issue, said Ma...