More than 130 unionized doctors at Allina Health’s Mercy and Unity hospitals are threatening to strike after negotiations over the past two years failed to produce an agreement with the health system ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, yet an estimated 80% of cardiovascular disease is preventable through healthy lifestyle choices and early intervention. That ...

McMaster researchers found that deep abdominal and liver fat can quietly damage arteries, even in people who appear fit. Their MRI-based study of over 33,000 adults shows these fats are closely linked ...

JACKSONVILLE, Arkansas — Changes have hit the Jacksonville area after the city's emergency room officially closed its doors for good. "Usually, the parking lot was full all the way across in the well.

Unity Health Jacksonville, the only hospital in the city, closed its emergency room and medical-surgical unit on Wednesday and will become a psychiatric hospital, and Democrats are blaming Republicans ...

Arkansas National Guard flyovers take to the skies ahead of America’s 250th birthday The thump of helicopter blades turned heads across Arkansas this week as the Arkansas National Guard took to the ...

Henry Ford Health will hold a series of Healthy Heart screenings this month at locations around Oakland County. The screenings will be expanded to a record nine locations and return to Henry Ford ...

JACKSON, MI — A Henry Ford Health heart screening event is coming for the first time to Jackson. It begins at 7 a.m. April 18 in the Henry Ford Jackson Hospital’s Charles Anderson Auditorium, Henry ...

Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health on April 15 will permanently close the emergency department and medical unit at its acute care hospital in Jacksonville, Ark., a spokesperson for the health system ...

Superfoods often steal the spotlight for their individual health benefits (looking at you, goji berries!). But what if the real magic lies in their pairings? According to new research, a surprising ...

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