Effort to Defeat Medicaid Expansion Fails
Committee falls 5,000 signatures short of minimum needed for issue to go on next year's ballot.
AZ Week: Here Comes Obamacare
Debate over it continues raging, even as insurers, doctors, businesses prepare for enrollments come October.
Researchers Use Social Media to Study Nutrition Patterns
Survey participants used Twitter to document everything they ate and drank, and why, for 3 days.
Report: Arizona’s Cancer Rate Below US Average
Annual diagnoses in state total 27,000, 14% lower than nationally; 10,000 Arizonans die of cancer yearly.
New AZ Regulations Better Define Midwives' Scope Of Practice
State's department of health released changes this summer; Tucson midwife discusses how these affect her work.
Court Strikes Down AZ Law Denying Abortion Funding
Law disqualified women's health providers such as Planned Parenthood from receiving public money.
Epilepsy Rates in Hispanics Lower Along the AZ-Sonora Border
Recent study shows more Caucasians suffer from neurological disorder; results differ in non-border cities.
UA Launches Online Pediatric Integrative Med Curriculum
Demand for alternative treatments rising; program emphasizes preventative approach for complex issues.
Law Changes May Ensure Hotshot Families Survivor Benefits
AZ house speaker drafting a retroactive legislation; mother of one of 19 firefighters having a news conference in Prescott Wed.
Health Care Marketplaces Begin Enrollment in Fall
White House says insurance choices will increase for most consumers.
Genetic Testing Measures Risks, Offers Few Certainties
New gene-based tests and treatments provide patients with choices but no easy answers.
Pima County Library Nurses Program Recognized as Innovative
The service pairs public health nurses with patrons to educate the public on health issues.
Pima Animal Care Center Overflowing with Animals
Center has 724 dogs, cats, setting record and over capacity; county offers $13 flat-fee adoptions.
Free Vaccines for Back-to-School Children
El Rio, Boys & Girls Club, Pima County Health Dep., co-sponsoring four free immunization events.
Veterans Make Up 16% of Homeless Adults, US officials say
Tucson nonprofit focuses on helping, hoping to decrease that number; Gus Hasdorff's story.
