Survival from sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting is highly dependent on how quickly cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation occur. This explainer provides an overview of ...

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Recognizing that you or someone you care about may have a substance use disorder is often the first step on the path to treatment and recovery. Fortunately, there are groups and resources here in ...

While the budget reconciliation law signed on July 4, 2025, broadly reduces federal spending on health care, one area receives a multibillion-dollar expansion: health savings accounts (HSAs). This ...

Americans have turned to a variety of drugs over the past century in the pursuit of weight loss. From late-19th-century thyroid extracts to modern-day medications, the landscape of weight-loss drugs ...

Ninety-two percent of pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in Arkansas between 2018 and 2020 were likely preventable, according to the 2023 Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee (AMMRC) ...

High infant mortality, high rates of premature deaths from treatable causes, and low rates of adult dental care push Arkansas near the bottom among states in a new health rankings report. However, the ...

Arkansas ranked as the 49th healthiest state, ahead of only Louisiana, in the latest installment of the United Health Foundation’s annual America’s Health Rankings report. In the foundation’s 2025 ...

Third-party administrators (TPAs) have become fundamental to the operations of self-insured health plans, or plans in which employers pay their employees’ health claims directly instead of contracting ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it will launch a pilot program to implement prior authorization requirements in Medicare for certain services. The Wasteful and ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a final rule making a variety of changes to health insurance offered through Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. The changes ...

More than 1 in 5 adolescents in the U.S. (5.3 million) had a current, diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition in 2023, according to a new data brief from the Health Resources and Services ...