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How to Keep Your Patients and Practice Safe

WEBWhile you’re taking care of patients, who’s protecting their health information? Ignoring security problems can be very costly. Protecting patients’ health information is not only …

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19 Tips to Prevent Hospital Readmissions

WEBThe hospital may be the best place to regain your health. However, once you’re better, you probably don’t want to return anytime soon. Hospital readmissions are expensive and …

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Open Enrollment: What You Need to Know

WEBIt’s time to enroll (or re-enroll) for people who must buy health insurance from the health insurance Marketplace, also called the state Exchange.

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Five Steps to Your Best Health Insurance Plan

WEBLook at the plan’s network of providers. Be sure the doctors, pharmacists, therapists and hospitals you prefer are in the plan’s network. Using network providers will save money; …

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Stop Mental Illness by Building Resilience

WEBChildhood experiences affect both mental and physical health for the rest of our lives. That’s why it is so important to give children a sound foundation for good mental health …

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Arkansas Works: What You Need to Know

WEB***** Editor's note: Visit this page for the most current information on Arkansas Works.***** If you are on Arkansas Medicaid for your health coverage (also called Arkansas Works, …

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Is Your Family At Risk for Diabetes

WEBIs your family at risk for diabetes? The answer is probably yes. This article explains diabetes symptoms, health complications it can cause and 12 tops tips to prevent or manage the …

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An Ounce of Prevention: Facts About Adult Vaccines

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What Your Posture Says About You

WEBYour posture has a huge impact on your mental and physical health. It also reveals a lot about you, your attitude and level of confidence. How you hold your body – often called …

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What Does Hunger Cost

WEBFinding ways to reduce health care costs can come from surprising places. One of the key ways to reduce the cost of providing health care to older Arkansans, as well as improve …

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Water Safety Tips Prevent Drownings

WEBSummer means fun around the water – the pool, waterpark, lake, ocean or your favorite fishing hole. The beauty of Arkansas’ lakes and streams rivals any place in the country.

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Is Vaping a Good or Really Bad Idea

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22 Ways to Stay Motivated

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A Community Fitness Success Story

WEBLake Village, Ark., is a success story. This small, rural town in the Arkansas Delta is poor, isolated and low on resources. But one determined mayor and a community ready to get …

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YOU Can Prevent Child Abuse

WEBAll children face challenges during childhood – it’s how we learn and grow into responsible adults. However, some children face traumatic challenges they are too young to …

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Why We Need to Move Frequently!

WEBYour heart is the most important muscle in your body. If you don’t keep it strong with regular physical activity, your whole body will suffer.

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Has Drinking Become a Problem

WEBWhile it seems the opioid-abuse epidemic is grabbing all the headlines, far more families are affected by alcohol abuse. Nearly 90,000 Americans die each year from alcohol …

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Take Time Out to Learn

WEBAs a practicing physician, spare time to learn about health care policy or the larger factors that determine patient health is nonexistent. Until now …

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Antibiotic Failure Involves Everyone … and Their Dog

WEBAntibiotics are powerful, lifesaving medicines. However, when overused they can become tragically powerless against harmful germs. Overuse – in humans, pets and in …

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