With hospitals full, should you head for urgent care or ER?
Your sore throat is worse than ever at 10 a.m. on a Saturday, and you’re afraid it might be strep. Should you head for an urgent care center or an…
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Your sore throat is worse than ever at 10 a.m. on a Saturday, and you’re afraid it might be strep. Should you head for an urgent care center or an…
Even as COVID-19 cases decline, the pandemic has changed various aspects of how many Arizonans earn a living, ushering in an era of remote working and virtual team meetings. While…
Wildfires and the poor air quality that smoke causes may pose potential health threats to you and your family. Although Arizona experiences wildfires each year, there is typically a spike…
When Kristin Urquiza’s father, Mark, died of COVID-19 last summer – alone in ICU because of his infection, she said, “the most horrible way to die” – the Arizona death…
A collaboration between The CORE Institute, Arizona’s most respected orthopedic practice, and The Arizona WearTech Center, an applied research center accelerating the development of emerging technology products, is advancing the science of…
Cigna Medical Group recently celebrated the grand opening of its new health care center in Scottsdale. Located in SkySong at 1335 N. Scottsdale Rd. (Southeast corner of McDowell Rd. and Scottsdale…
The mental health of healthcare workers is under assault and in decline each day as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to soar. From watching dozens of people die alone to working…
According to the medical dictionary, an implantologist is an oral health professional who performs dental implants. Implantology is the latest in the field of dentistry, it is concerned with the…
Behavioral health has always been as important as physical health, and the COVID-19 pandemic brought it out of the shadows and into the spotlight. The tight relationship between behavioral and…
The delta variant of COVID-19 is straining health systems across Arizona, but health officials said Wednesday there’s a way to help: Get vaccinated. Officials at one major Phoenix hospital said…
Even before COVID-19, America faced a crisis of poor nutrition aggravated by widespread food insecurity. Those underlying factors, researchers say, allowed the disease to decimate poor communities. More than 42% of…
A new innovation that holds promise to fight lung cancer – the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide – is now in use at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. The…