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Arizona Suffering Doctor Shortage, Poised for Worse

May 22, 2012 With a third of currently practicing doctors soon to retire, state must look for ways to attract physicians, says surgeon

Web Feature: Arsenic and Old Toenails

May 10, 2012 Researchers turn to clippings to track Arizonans’ arsenic exposure

El Rio Community Health Center on West Congress Street.

El Rio Health Center Wins $5.5M Grant

May 4, 2012 Affordable Care Act money will build new main clinic on West Congress

Ruanda Dolak, who lives with bipolar disorder, lost many of her mental health services after a series of state budget cuts.

Web Feature: Bearing the Burden

Apr 17, 2012 Mental health budget cuts leave state agencies, community centers and patients struggling

Mark Marty Pagel, PhD, a UA Cancer Center expert will receive a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Health to study the effectiveness of baking soda therapy to treat breast cancer.

Can Baking Soda Battle Breast Cancer?

Apr 12, 2012 Tucson researcher receives $2 million grant to explore a new medical possibility

Arizona needs 700 more primary-care physicians just to get to the national average.

TMC Joins Docs, Clinics in New Health Care Model

Apr 2, 2012 Treatment strategy will use electronic records to improve service, lower costs

More M.D.s Needed Under New Health Law

Mar 26, 2012 Arizona already well short of national average for primary care physicians

AZ Week: Health Care Costs Unsustainable

Mar 23, 2012 Return to free market, economist says; fix Medicare, Medicaid, others say

As part of the Van of Hope crew, medical assistant Georgia Lozano attends to Tucson's homeless alongside two nurse practitioners, a behavioral health therapist, and a medically-trained care coordinator.

Web Feature: Help on Wheels

Mar 15, 2012 Van of Hope takes healthcare on the road to serve the homeless

AZ Week: State Surplus, Spend or Save?

Feb 24, 2012 Gov. wants more for education, prisons; Legislature wants to save it for rough times ahead

Jennie Grabel, executive director for the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, says anti-bullying, mental health support top the fund's agenda.

Civility Groups Forging Projects

Feb 21, 2012 Updates from two organizations formed after Jan. 8 shooting

UNNATURAL CAUSES: IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK?

AZ Week: State Needs Improved Child Safety System

Feb 3, 2012 From law enforcement to Child Protective Services worker caseloads, upgrades sought

Macho Man, a once-abused horse, now helps Yaqui children work through their own hard times.

Web Feature: Where Wishes Are Horses

Jan 26, 2012 Equine therapy helps youth on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation reconnect with their culture—and themselves

Gov. Jan Brewer Monday vetoed Rio Nuevo legislation that Tucson businesses wanted to help with downtown redevelopment.

AZ Week: Brewer Wants to Spend Some, Save More

Jan 13, 2012 Mental health, state computers, Child Protective Services may see upgrades

Name any sports team dynasty. Any sport. Any level. Anywhere. Whatever the team is, chances are pretty good it can't beat the record of success Sunnyside High School's wrestling program has established over the past 30-plus years.

A Winning Wrestling Legacy Spans Generations

Dec 23, 2011 Sunnyside wrestling program teaches discipline

The One Sacred Nation Healing/Fallen Warrior program brings a Native American perspective to recovery from substance abuse and other addictions.

Web Feature: Finding a Native Way to Heal

Nov 16, 2011 Two counselors turn to Native American practices to help people battling addiction

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