Today's Health

Today's Health: New test detects heart defects

The birth of a new baby - is one of the happiest times of a parents life. But some go home, thinking they have a happy, healthy baby - they count the 10 fingers, 10 toes - only to find out, their child is dangerously sick.

Today's Health: Medical help via smartphone

When you're sick you want help fast. And now, there's an app for that.

Today's Health: Cancer treatment offers hope to Arkansas woman

An Arkansas woman hopes an experimental treatment could save her life. She's part of a clinical trial testing whether a new drug can help treat advanced cases of breast and ovarian cancer.  So Far, it's showing great progress.

Today's Health: Preventing cancer

As we approach the new year, a lot of people are already thinking about ways they can get healthier - whether it be getting more exercise or changing their diets. Simple changes can help prevent all kids of diseases - even cancer.

Today's Health: Woman has potentially life-saving heart attack

Having a heart attack can be a terrifying experience.  After all, heart disease is of the leading causes of death in the U.S. But for one Arkansas woman, a heart attack possibly saved her life.

Today's Health: New 'Twilight' flick causing seizures

Many people have made claims of having seizures while watching the latest 'Twilight' movie, the first installment of 'Breaking Dawn.'

Today's Health: A genetic link to depression?

It's been said that we all have a one in five risk of suffering from depression at some point in our lives. That's why finding out more about the biology of the disease is so important, and we're making progress

Today's Health: The sound of new futures

Medical advancements could soon enable nearly everyone who wears a hearing aid to hear clearly again, and a Texas woman is helping lead a campaign to get insurance companies to foot the bill.

You might have seen her on Ellen a few weeks ago. She became an internet star, after her husband posted video of her online - as she heard her own voice for the first time.

Today's Health: UAMS drug study brings hope for cancer patients

An experimental treatment at UAMS could hold the key to saving a lot of women's lives.

Today's Health at 6: Conquering cataracts

In time, everyone develops cataracts, but there are ways to stall the on-set and procedures to help you see clearly again.

Today's Health at 6: TLC for sick babies

Medical advancements are saving the lives of sick babies, but the love and care of volunteers at UAMS, are helping get them home to their parents sooner.

Today's Health: Not just modern medicine, but protocol saves lives

When you have a medical emergency, each minute could be the difference between whether you live or die.

Today's Health: New procedure for testicular cancer

A young man in southwest Arkansas receives a diagnosis that would change his life, and undergoes a procedure his doctors had only performed once before.

Today's Health: UAMS offers breakthrough treatment for brain tumors

A new procedure allows doctors to treat brain tumors without invasive surgery or anesthesia.

Today's Health: Obesity in Arkansas

Arkansans are some of the most over-weight and out of shape people in the country-- that's according to several new reports.