Jamie Baum and Sydney Boudrey of the UofA Center for Human Nutrition discuss medically tailored meals, teaching kitchens and why "eat the rainbow" still holds up.

A 2022 March of Dimes report finds nearly half of Arkansas counties lack access to maternity care. Doctors and health policy experts explain why and what could help.

Centene Corp., the parent company of multiple Arkansas health insurance plans, will stop participating in the state’s Medicaid expansion program next year.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has missed multiple deadlines to launch Medicaid coverage for doula services, leaving families without access, doulas without sustainable pay

A nearly $3 million federal grant will let UAMS researcher Paul Drew study how alcohol exposure during pregnancy damages myelin in the developing brain, with hopes of new FASD treatments.

Arkansas has one of the nation's highest cesarean rates among low-risk births. A statewide initiative aimed to lower it, but the numbers held steady. Dr. Constance Chapman and Dr. Jennifer Callaghan-Koru explain what happened.

Arkansas trains 430 new physicians a year but offers only 375 residency spots, pushing trainees out of state, a new health institute report finds.

UAMS has launched a toolkit to integrate doulas into hospitals and improve maternal and infant outcomes, piloted first at Mercy Hospital in Rogers.

Jamie Baum and Erin Howie Hickey discuss new research on behavior change, strength training and physical activity from this spring's nutrition and exercise science conferences.

Charles Johnson, who founded 4Kira4Moms after his wife Kira's preventable death, discusses the documentary "The Ebony Canal" ahead of its Bentonville Film Festival screening.