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Medicine

Feb 10, 2011

Arpaio forms squad in response to medical pot law

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is forming a special squad to target people who use Arizona's new medical marijuana law to violate other drug laws.

Jan 20, 2011

Brewer helps dedicate high-tech military medical training facility

Gov. Jan Brewer dedicated a high-tech medical training center Wednesday designed to help military personnel prepare for battlefield emergencies.

Dec 21, 2010

Arizona hospital loses Catholic status over surgery

We should know Tuesday whether the Phoenix Catholic Diocese ends its relationship with a Phoenix hospital ordered to comply with church teachings or else lose its Catholic status.

Oct 19, 2010

Arizona seeking PSAs on health-care infections

Arizona health officials want to use public-spirited video to reduce the frequency of infections that people get in health-care settings such as hospitals while receiving treatment for other conditions.

Oct 11, 2010

Law helps boost blood donations from Arizona teenagers

Today, one in 10 transfusions in Arizona comes from blood donated by high school students, up from one in 13 transfusions before a 2008 law lowered the minimum age for donors from 17 to 16 with parental consent.

Jul 6, 2010

Saving a stranger’s life

Cynthia Bowers’ experience with donating a kidney to save a dying child at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in 2008 drove her to establish her own volunteering organization.

Jun 1, 2010

Arizona voters get another chance to legalize medical marijuana

Arizonans will get the chance to legalize the use of medical marijuana yet again this November – the fourth such opportunity in the past 15 years.

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