A political tug-of-war over clean air Tucson Citizen “The same issues we addressed on the task force back in 1997 are still here,” said Barbara Burkholder, a public-health advocate and a board member of the Arizona Asthma Coalition. “And wherever I go to talk about it, I feel as though we're outnumbered ...
Consumer Engagement Important in Health Insurance Rate Reviews MarketWatch (press release) 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AARP Arizona Supports AZ Department of Insurance Work on Issue- According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, health insurance companies in Arizona are pursuing double-digit premium increases for more ...
Contraception coverage already the law in Ariz. Arizona Republic The Arizona law also has an exemption for "religious employers" whose beliefs prohibit the use of contraception. Dignity Health, a three-hospital system in Arizona formerly known as Catholic Healthcare West, was the largest Catholic-affiliated employer ...
Case of NY teens' tics makes psychological sense CNN Editor's note: Dr. Charles Raison, CNNhealth's mental health expert, is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona in Tucson. (CNN) -- When I teach psychiatry to medical residents, the first thing I tell them is that patients' ...
Politics and the Supreme Court New York Times The Supreme Court underscored its power to shape American life when it took major cases about the health care reform law, Arizona's anti-immigrant law and the Voting Rights Act in an election year. But this is not simply a case of the court thrusting ...
Cancer centers drive hard bargains Concord Monitor By Annmarie Timmins / Monitor staff As lawmakers decide whether to bend licensing and Medicaid tax rules for a new, private cancer treatment hospital, they may want to look to Georgia and Arizona, the center's two newest locations.
SCAN Health Plan Arizona Invites Seniors to Celebrate Heart Month MarketWatch (press release) PHOENIX, Feb 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Maintaining a healthy weight can lower your risk of developing heart disease; but if you need to lose weight, you may not know where to start. In honor of American Heart Month, SCAN Health Plan Arizona is ...
Practicing safe sacks may not mean plastic baglessness ZDNet (blog) By Denise Amrich, RN | February 5, 2012, 1:23am PST Summary: Efforts to preserve our environment and our health don't have to be all or nothing, do they? Last week, ZDNet Health featured an article about the dangers involved with reusable shopping bags ...