[3/28/2008] Arkansas hospitals 100% committed to reducing medical harm:

[3/12/2008] AFMC announces promotions, restructures management team

[2/12/2008] Arkansas close to national average in certain aspects of heart attack care:

Health News

FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads - Consumers could report side effects, but critics want agency to act, not wait years.

Not All Colon Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy: Study - DNA mismatch in some early stage cases makes therapy of little benefit, shortens survival.

Clinical Trials Update: May 16, 2008

Mastectomies on the Increase - Trend coincides with increased use of MRI before surgeries, researchers report.

New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice - Technique expands natural killer cells in cord blood more than 30-fold.

New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices - Prevention is as important as intervention, specialists say.

CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine for Those Over 60 - ZOSTAVAX could prevent two thirds of shingles cases, expert says.

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food - 70 people, many of them young children, were sickened after handling the food, CDC says.