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Teeth Grow Worse In Arkansas Despite Improved Access To …

WEBThe Arkansas Department of Health says 65 to 85 percent of the state now has water with fluoride added, a mineral shown to help prevent dental decay. According …

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With Uninsured Rates On The Rise In Arkansas, Free Dental Clinics …

WEBFor Arkansans who can't afford dental care and need treatment outside of the two-day window of ARMOM, there are some options provided by a number of free …

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Dental Hygienists Are Filling An Oral Health Care Gap in Arkansas

WEBListen • 3:39. David Monteith. /. Arkansas Public Media. Dental hygienists are starting to fill a crital gap in oral health in Arkansas, experts say, given the state has a …

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Care Providers Take Charge Of Costs And Benefits For Medically …

WEBDHS estimates PASSE will oversee care for about 30,000 medically frail Medicaid recipients in the state. The new effort is the result of the governor’s call from …

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Doctors Urged To Tone Down Medical Jargon

WEBAs part of Health Literacy Awareness Month this October, doctors and other health care professionals are being urged to ditch the medical jargon and adopt plain, …

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Community Paramedicine Practices Grow in Arkansas

WEBNorth Arkansas Regional Medical Center operates one of four community paramedicine programs in Arkansas. “While we are based in Harrison we also have a …

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Arkansas Midwives Face New Regulatory Restrictions

WEBHome birth advocates claim the medical rights of childbearing women in Arkansas will be compromised by proposed new rules and regulations being considered …

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Little Rock Surgery Center's Deaths, Injury Go Unreported With …

WEBMalpractice Attorney Lamar Porter of Little Rock's Brad Hendricks Law Firm brought lawsuits surrounding the deaths and injury of three people who received …

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Teledentistry Yet To Be Widely Practiced In Arkansas

WEBTeledentistry is now widely used by orthodontists across the state, but not yet by most Arkansas dentists. Teledentistry is the examination, diagnosis, and …

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At Northwest Clinic, Patients See A (Rare) Marshallese M.D., Hear A

WEBWhen not seeing patients at Community Clinic, Dr. Riklon can be found in the halls of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwestcampus in …

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Arkansas Criminalizes Drowsy Driving, But How Effective Is That

WEBArkansas is one of just two states in the country that has criminalized drowsy driving, but it’s almost never enforced. Just three convictions have occurred under the …

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Some Arkansas Dentists Take To The Road

WEBArkansas Public Media. A critical shortage of brick and mortar dental clinics in certain regions of Arkansas has resulted in more dentists taking their practices on the …

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Medical Marijuana May Light Eureka Springs' Next Tourism Draw

WEBEureka Springs, a nineteenth century Ozark Mountain health spa, could soon become a 21st century mecca for medical marijuana. A constitutional amendment …

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UAMS Study Seeks To Quantify Lasting Trauma To First …

WEBAbout one in four first responders suffers from moderate to major depression, according to an ongoing University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences study …

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During Vietnam, Agent Orange Got Arkansas Trial, Veterans And …

WEBDuring the Vietnam War, U.S. military forces decimated jungles occupied by North Vietnamese with tactical defoliants. The chemical agent mixtures, categorized by …

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Women's Klan Rises in Arkansas

WEBHe says after it was founded, the Arkansas women’s Klan caught fire. “Just five months after its founding in June 1923, it had chapters in all 48 states and a …

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