Health & Fitness

Solidifying its status as the premier heart care center in the region, CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System was named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by IBM Watson HealthTM. The study spotlights the top-performing cardiovascular hospitals in the U.S. based on a balanced scorecard of publicly available clinical, operational and patient satisfaction metrics and data.

If your New Year’s fitness resolve has waned, you might need a new challenge to get back on track. Walk Across Arkansas can help! It’s a FREE 8-week program of the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

Children are special and this Thursday, February 13 Townsquare Media - Texarkana is doing something special for children. Join us as we raise money for the Arkansas Children's Hospital. We are making it easy for you to donate too.

Run The Line Half Marathon and Relays is coming up this Sunday, February 16, and there's still room for you or your relay team.

Thanks to an educational experience she describes as phenomenal, Kara Richardson, a senior Exercise Science major at Southern Arkansas University, looks forward to advancing her knowledge in the physical therapy program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Local Firefighters were busy selling t-shirts during the month of October to raise money for cancer patients in our community. Coming up this Thursday, December 19 at 1PM they will present 12 cancer patients each with a check.

As we get closer to the holidays and our schedules get busier and busier and our blood supply at LifeShare Blood Center goes down. Right now there is less than a day of Type O in reserve. But all blood types are needed. Be sure to stop by one of these blood drives in our area over the next couple of weeks.

Burn some pre-holiday calories and compete for cash prizes up to $700 at the 22nd Annual Turkey Trot 5K in Atlanta, TX, and then join in more fun at the 3rd Annual Community Thanksgiving Feast with both events hosted by CHRISTUS St. Michael Atlanta Foundation this Saturday, November 16, 2019.

There's still time to get signed up to run or walk in Atlanta's 2019 GLOW Run 5K, it's coming up this Saturday night, October 12, and the weather is looking perfect for a fun run.

There's still time to get signed up to run or walk in Atlanta's 2019 GLOW Run 5K, it's coming up Saturday night, October 12.

Too many myths exist about the risk, contraction and treatment of breast cancer. It's time to put five of them to rest.

Texas A&M University-Texarkana officials, faculty, staff, and students gathered with community members and officials from Harvest Regional Food Bank Texarkana Wednesday, September 18th to launch the university’s new food pantry.