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A year spent battling breast cancer changed patient Pat Mersiowsky and her family forever.

Surviving Cancer: One Year Later

Oct 24, 2011 Cancer survivor Pat Mersiowsky reflects on life a year after completing her cancer treatment

For many cancer patients, clinical trials offer a way to change the course of cancer research--and their own disease.

Patients Seek Hope Through Trials

Oct 3, 2011 Clinical trials offer cancer patients a chance at treatment and a role in research

Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee, Ariz.

Losing AHCCCS: Southern Arizona Copes With Medicaid Cuts

Sep 30, 2011 An Arizona Public Media special report on cuts' impact to patients and health care providers

The smallpox vaccine diluent in a syringe along side a vial of Dryvax® dried smallpox vaccine.

Researchers Probe Dramatic Drop In Vaccinations

Aug 23, 2011 Arizona parents choosing not to vaccinate their children has doubled in a single decade

Officials Investigating Cross-Border Outbreak

Jul 21, 2011 An outbreak of Guillain-Barre Syndrome sickens 22 people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

Marijuana’s Effects on the Brain

Jul 15, 2011 Part 5 of AZPM's Controversy over Cannabis series seeks expert opinions on marijuana's long-term effects on those who smoke it.

Who Oversees a Secret Garden?

Jul 13, 2011 Part 3 of AZPM's Controversy over Cannabis series visits a grow house to ask the question: How do you regulate home-grown medical marijuana?

Arizona Budget 2012: How It Affects You

Jul 1, 2011 The state budget goes into effect July 1 with plenty of local impacts.

Kelly Guinn's breast cancer treatment complements chemotherapy with alternative therapies.

One Woman's Cancer Journey

Jun 20, 2011 Kelli Guinn is battling her breast cancer with the help of a unique, holistic treatment program

Students at the Instituto Tecnológico de Delicias school in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua recently donated blood in a truck donated by the non-profit United Blood Services from El Paso, Texas.

Drug Violence Strains Blood Supply at Mexican Hospitals

May 19, 2011 Learn how one blood center in the northern city of Chihuahua is trying to reform Mexico's dysfunctional blood donation system.

STRONGMAN

Apr 13, 2011 Meet Zachary Levy, the filmmaker behind a new independent documentary about modern-day strongman Stanless Steel, a man holding onto his dreams with both hands.

A program at TMC collects the cord blood of babies at high risk for cerebral palsy in hopes that the blood's stem cells could one day treat the disease.

Banking Blood for Babies At Risk

Apr 8, 2011 Research efforts turn to the stem cells contained in cord blood to help newborns at risk of neurological disorders

Twenty veterans from around the U.S. will get a tour of the UA that includes athletics clinics and sessions on how to take advantage of their higher education benefits. At the 4-day camp, vets will attend athletic clinics and learn from coaches and student-athletes.

Web Feature: On the Playing Field, Life Goes On

Mar 15, 2011 An all-veteran, all-amputee softball team reconnects with their love for the game

Finding a Home for Medical Marijuana

Mar 14, 2011 As state finalizes regulations about medical marijuana, local residents look for dispensary sites--and find a host of complex requirements

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

Medicaid Funding in Jeopardy

Mar 8, 2011 Healthcare providers uneasy about impact of imminent AHCCCS cuts

We talk to a person who required heart surgery due to her Lupus and now sits on the board of directors for the Lupus Foundation of Southern Arizona. We also speak to a research assistant professor at the UofA who is working on this topic.

Living with Lupus

Mar 7, 2011 Researchers and survivors in Tucson raise awareness of an often misunderstood disease

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