Give Mom a Gift For Her Heart From the Heart
$99 Heart Screening with Priceless Insights Our Keep the Beat comprehensive heart screening costs less than a piece of jewelry or fancy dinner and gives priceless insights to heart health. It just might save your loved one’s life. Keep the Beat is a heart screening and educational program exclusive to Arkansas Heart Hospital. Our premiere…Read more
Bariatric Surgery Gives Special Education Teacher More Energy for Students
After years of taking multiple medications and struggling with infertility, Loren, special education teacher, made the decision to undergo gastric sleeve surgery with Dr. Samuel Bledsoe, bariatric and general surgeon, at the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Arkansas Heart Hospital. Read about her journey to better health. Goodbye to Medications I’m off all medications that…Read more
Three Bariatric-Friendly Soup Recipes
Everyone likes a soul-warming bowl of soup. Tasty, easy to make and a great way to get fluids, soup is great for patients after gastric bypass or gastric sleeve surgery. Our dietitians at the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Arkansas Heart Hospital have chosen three delicious low-carb, bariatric-friendly soup recipes that will make you and…Read more
A Special Approach to Cardiac Care
Your heart is special. It powers us through our most important moments, and takes care of our bodies at our lowest. It can soar or it can skip a beat. That’s why Arkansas Heart Hospital is dedicated entirely to taking care of it – and why your heart deserves specialized care. What is special about our…Read more
Bariatric-Friendly Drive-Thru Eating Tips
With our busy schedules and unexpected life events, sticking to a bariatric diet or a low-carb diet can get tricky. You may be faced with choosing the best item on a drive-thru menu from time to time, but this doesn’t have to derail your weight loss progress. Our Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Arkansas Hospital…Read more
Mom Grateful to Have More Energy for Kids After Gastric Sleeve Surgery
As a busy wife, mom and an avid softball player, Mistica enjoyed an active and fulfilling lifestyle. But her weight made her favorite activities difficult, and she desired to regain the confidence she had lost over the years. After seeing her husband’s success with gastric sleeve surgery at the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Arkansas…Read more
“Turning Yourself In” – Devotional with Chaplain Smith
Since March 1, 2022, we’ve been in the liturgical season of Lent, which is the 40-day period leading up to Easter. During this season, people that celebrate it take an inventory of themselves and decide they want to make a change and to give up something or begin to do something that they feel will…Read more
“New Beginnings” – Devotional with Chaplain Smith
I am one of those strange people who love new beginnings. I love the thrill and excitement of a new challenge or new experience, and at my age, those don’t come along as often as they used to. There seems to be an adrenaline rush when I conquer something new, learn a new skill or…Read more
Arkansas Heart Hospital Recognized on Becker’s List of ‘Best hospitals for patient experience in the South’
Arkansas Heart Hospital’s Little Rock facility has been included in the list of ‘Best hospitals for patient experience in the South’ published by Becker’s Hospital Review. With 54 hospitals on the list, Arkansas Heart Hospital was one of only three in the state to be included. “We are honored to receive this distinction and to…Read more
Low-carb Zucchini Lasagna
Carb-dense foods may not be part of the bariatric diet, but that doesn’t mean bariatric patients have to kiss Italian food goodbye. Our dietitians are ready with tasty, nutritious alternatives that will set bariatric patients up for success. The Bariatric & Metabolic Institute at Arkansas Heart Hospital (BMI) is happy to provide a lifetime of…Read more