Healthy Mama

Ready for another virtual trip to the doctor’s office? This time we’re sitting down with nurse practitioner and certified diabetes educator Kim Carney of Bentonville Medical Associates. Whether you’re past it, nowhere close to it […]

When news of the Haiti earthquake spread, doctors from around the world — including some of our own doctors from Northwest Arkansas — began preparing to go help the wounded. Two of those doctors are […]

By Vikki Spencer, MomWhisperer.com When my son was 10 months old, I had four wisdom teeth extracted. It was blissful. Sure, there was pain, but for he first time in over 10 months I had […]

Many husbands like to act all macho and pretend they never get sick and therefore never need to see a doctor. But the truth is, they do. We know it, and they know it, too, […]

By Katie Austin of Fayetteville with daughter, Meg Body image is something that most women think about. Most women, anyway. There are those few women who have the God given confidence to feel comfortable in […]

One of our sponsors, Drs. David and DeAnne Witherspoon Optometry, recently told us about a national program designed to help parents get free eye exams for their infants 6 to 12 months of age. The […]

Those who attended the Business Women’s Conference — and texted questions to the all-female panel during Mercy Health System’s break-out session — can find some of their “overflow” answers below. The audience texted the panel […]

Any headline with the word “allergy” in it usually gets my attention because I, like so many people, get really sick of all the sneezing and itching and the other annoying symptoms that come with […]