Health and Human Services Sector

Catholic Church's Informant Didn't Violate Privacy Laws in Blabbing Patient Info to Diocese, St. Joseph's Hospital Says

Image: www.freewilliamsburg.comNext time you need a procedure at a Catholic-affiliated hospital, watch out for the Bishop's snitches​ If you've been following the news today, you already know that the Catholic Church stripped St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix of its religious affilation be ... More >>

Freaky Tiki Halloween

Genetically Modified Salmon aka Frankenfish -- Let Your Voice be Heard Tomorrow

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V11_D543_Salmon.jpg Salmon​ Get your speed-dial ready, folks.Tomorrow, September 16th is a National Day of Action in Washington, D.C. sponsored by Food and Water Watch. You can add your voice to those opposed to allowing this fish into our food supply. Ot ... More >>

Man Accused of Beating Two Children to Death With Baseball Bat Found Incompetent

Joe Sauceda Gallegos​The man charged in the 2008 beating death of two Phoenix boys was found incompetent to stand trial today and will be sent to a mental health facilityJoe Sauceda Gallegos, 38, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder after he allegedly beat two young boys to death wit ... More >>

Dierks Bentley

Arizona to Receive $804,000 From Pfizer; Company's Marketing Tactics Misled

​The long arm of the law gave the drug company Pfizer Inc. a couple of pretty firm slaps Wednesday, one of which will bring close to $1 million to Arizona.As part of a settlement for a multi-state federal lawsuit, the company has agreed to pay $33 million to 41 different states as punishment f ... More >>

If John Shadegg Wants People to Take Him Seriously, He Should Give Drug Companies Their Money Back

Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin Releases Statement On Tragic Death of Wife and Son

Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin says he considers it a "miracle" he was able to hold and get to know his newborn son for three days before the boy died. Martin's wife, Kerry, died on Monday a few hours after giving birth. In his statement today, Martin thanks the staff at Phoenix Children's Hospital ... More >>

Cindy Crawford to Help Celebrate Huge Donation to Banner Health

  Images: Crawford's MySpace pageLegendary supermodel Cindy Crawford will be at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa next week to help celebrate a $10 million donation to a children's hospital. The donation was made by local real estate company CEO Will Cardon, and will help su ... More >>

Swine Flu Arizona: Hospitals Restrict Visitors, Extend Seasonal Flu Guidelines

The Maricopa Medical Center and Banner Hospitals are among the health care facilities restricting visitors for the duration of the swine flu outbreak. It's nothing dramatic -- just an extension of seasonal flu guidelines put in place each year. They include: *No hospital visits at all by kids und ... More >>

Covance: Beagle March Organizer is Known Liar

Camilla Strongin, spokeswoman for Covance, took issue with our Tuesday post about a planned march of beagles this Sunday in protest of the medical testing company in Chandler: Maybe you should do a little research on Jan McClellan before providing her cause such ligitamcy. I have included a stor ... More >>

Beagle March Planned Against Chandler's Covance Facility

Animal rights activists plan to march at a Chandler medical-testing lab plan on Sunday behind a procession of beagles. A group organized by Citizens Against Covance will walk about a half-mile on Gilbert Road just north of Germann Road to a spot near the Covance facility. As a stateme ... More >>

Maricopa Medical Center: The Election You’ve Never Heard of Could Cripple the Hospital We Depend on

Living Canvas Tattoos 15-Hour Tattooing Event

Sicko at Changing Hands Bookstore

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 14, 2006

Monkey Love

The blarney-lovin' buzzard's craw is full o' scuttlebutt from Covance's monkeyshines, trigger-happy Tasers, and Jello Biafra's Stinkweeds wig-out

BEST ART COLLECTION

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Rock Jaw

Dr. Kelly Cook is the king of rock 'n' roll dentistry

Rent a patient

Need some quick cash? Everyone makes a killing when doctors and clinics scam the insurance companies.

Full Scale Alert

Genetic engineering scheme smells fishy

Snoozie Q

Its heart is in the right place, but John Q. is too clumsy to make us care

Contract Killers

After years of digging, Karen Ewers believes she's found that CIGNA stole benefits from her handicapped son

Shape Up or Sharpe Out

Trouble-plagued NFL vet faces stint in Valley rehab

Bottomless Well

Maryvale woman who nursed grandson through leukemia now faces her own medical crisis

War of the Wards

Phoenix Children's Hospital, for years hidden inside Good Samaritan hospital, seems to have been misplaced by the federal government

Letters

Twisted System

A Phoenix family stumbles through the tangled bureaucracy of modern medical care

Panacea Tranquility

Spiritual healing in Sedona hits a nerve

Insurance, Business Lobbies Loco . . . over attempts to reform health maintenance organizations

Afterthought Special

Classic children's story Dr. Dolittle deserves better than this misconceived mess

Letters

Deaf and Damned

If Artie Martinez weren't deaf, he might have talked his way out of the Arizona State Hospital. Instead, he was locked up there for nearly 40 years.

Intergroupies

Despite its dismal record insuring state workers, Intergroup has been welcomed back with open arms. The move has some employees seething.

The Health-Care Mirage

GOP boosters say Arizona's medical system for the poor should be a model for national health-care reform. But three federal investigations question whether Arizona's system is any less expensive than traditional Medicaid plans.

FLASHES

WHEN IS A DOCTOR NOT A DOCTOR?ACCORDING TO BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, WHEN HE'S MAKING ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS SUCH AS REJECTING REQUESTS FOR SURGERY

GETTING ACCESS TO AHCCCSSPURNED HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS CLAIM BIDDING PROCESS FAVORS FIRMS THAT EMPLOY FORMER STATE WORKERS

DEAD AND FORGOTTEN

THE STATE'S MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR THE POOR DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER ITS CLIENTS ARE DEAD OR ALIVE. AND THAT'S HARDLY THE WORST OF THE PROBLEMS AT THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM.

CIGNA NURSES A GRUDGE

INSURER'S HONCHOS HATED LAST WEEK'S NEW TIMES COVER STORY, AND SOMEONE THREW BUNDLES OF THAT ISSUE AWAY

WARNING CIGNA

NEGLIGENCE BY ARIZONA'S BIGGEST HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY NEARLY KILLED JIM SELL'S WIFE. THEN CIGNA AND A MAJOR HOSPITAL WENT AFTER THEIR POCKETBOOK.

THE LAST DAYS OF TAMMY GENTRY

THE SURGERY WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE FORMER MARCH OF DIMES POSTER CHILD A LIFE. BUT A SERIES OF ERRORS INSTEAD LED TO HER DEATH.

RUMORS OF TUMORSSTATE FRUSTRATED BY SPECIALISTS' REFUSAL TO REPORT CANCER CASES