Subject: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

• Doubting Thomases can read the lawsuit against the Mayo Clinic mentioned in our cover story here

  May 22, 2008

• The DMX Rap Sheet: Arrested in Phoenix (again)

  July 21, 2008

• A DOCTOR'S THOUGHTS ON CLINTON'S HEALTH PLAN

  October 6, 1993

• HICCUP RUNNETH OVER

  FOR 17 MONTHS, NOTHING STOPPED THE RELENTLESS SPASMS THAT DROVE HIM CRAZY. NOT SPOONFULS OF SUGAR, NOT ACUPUNCTURE, NOT EVEN A VETERINARY LASER BEAM.

  February 9, 1995

• TO LIVE AND DIE IN SCOTTSDALE

  YVONNE CAMENOS WASN'T RICH OR FAMOUS. BUT THOSE WHO WITNESSED HER FOUR-YEAR BATTLE AGAINST OVARIAN CANCER WON'T EVER FORGET HER.

  September 14, 1995

• Sumitomo Wrestling

  Government officials are crowing about the deal that brought Sumitomo's silicon-wafer factory to northeast Phoenix. But they haven't mentioned that the deal will cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

  December 7, 1995

• The Bayin' of Their Existence

  What do you call it when rabbits are chased across the desert by hounds which are chased by horses which are ridden by well-to-do people who fancy elaborate hunting garb? Beagle-mania.

  December 7, 1995

• Life With a Dying Liver

  Seven years ago, doctors gave Hepatitis C its name. It had already condemned 3.9 million Americans to limbo.

  August 29, 1996

• Distaff Is Restless

  A resident gets cut from Maricopa Medical Center's surgical training program. She says it's discrimination. It's just the latest problem facing the center's taxpayer-funded contractor, Medpro.

  October 23, 1997

• Second Helpings

  December 18, 1997

• Calendar for the week

  January 29, 1998

• The Internet Internist

  Dr. Pietr Hitzig of Maryland has prescribed a fen-phen panacea for all manner of ailments to thousands of patients he has never met. One of them, Alvin Chernov, killed himself.

  March 19, 1998

• Rattling Cages

  Some people golf. Some people fish. Some people collect stamps. Dale Burton spends his free time studying and caring for rattlesnakes.

  June 4, 1998

• Twisted System

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

  May 6, 1999

• Bigamy, Big Boys

  Letters from the week of April 17, 2003

  April 17, 2003

• BEST DELI

  Chompie's Deli

  September 30, 2004

• Caffiend: Iced Coffee from Lux

  Iced coffee from LuxAnybody who's ever stepped foot into Lux coffee shop on Central knows the weekend and weekday morning scenes there can be chaos, with caffeinated hipsters and business-types all tapping away on their laptops or reading the morning papers. There's a reason they consistently flock here -- Lux's coffee is rich and super-charged. This week, we had a taste of the most supercharged coffee on their menu -- the iced coffee, with two shots of espresso.Lux's Iced CoffeeLooks like: A da

  February 23, 2009

• Hollywood Heartthrob: How a Lucky Break and a Lot of Cash Made the Band

  January 8, 2009

• Blind trust: Don’t assume you’re seeing a doctor — even at the Mayo Clinic

  May 22, 2008

• Jump Street

  Once ruled a suicide, Phoenix finance chief Kevin Keogh's leap to his death on a busy thoroughfare is a true medical mystery

  December 14, 2006

• Forever Yours

  October 28, 2004

• Lost Hearts

  Arizona's organ donations are in trouble for a reason.

  March 27, 2003

• The Living Dead

  No more room at the inn. Our Bunker of the Apocalypse has been filled.

  March 13, 2003

• Elephant Man

  Lee McGuire's deformities may be unique on Earth. The shoes he'll need to walk will be just as special.

  May 16, 2002

• Drive, She Said

  Gas 'n' go to the Valley's most far-out restaurant

  August 10, 2000

• Bottomless Well

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

  February 3, 2000

• That Worm Feeling

  And you thought your dandruff was a drag

  December 2, 1999

• Insect Aside

  Tempe kept quiet about encephalitis-carrying mosquitoes, and the resulting pesticide applications

  November 18, 1999

• Night & Day

  July 30 - August 5, 1998

  July 30, 1998

• Inmates, Heal Thyselves

  July 24, 1997

• Silly Con Valley

  It took two very questionable appraisals to get it right, but the state Land Department finally came up with a discount price Sumitomo Sitix could swallow. Some people say the deal warrants a criminal investigation.

  September 26, 1996

• Organ Lessons

  Surgeon genital's warning: A penis-enlargement operation can leave you scarred, lumpy and--yikes!--smaller

  March 28, 1996

• Lourdes of the Rings

  For Kay Torrez and her fellow New Age wanderers, meandering through sprawling desert labyrinths is anything but a lost cause

  February 8, 1996

• UNSOLVED MURDER, SHE WROTE

  December 8, 1994

• BRUSH WITH THE LAWPHOENIX'S REGAL LEGALS ARE WELL-BRIEFED IN THE ARTS

  April 20, 1994

• Junket to Saudi Arabia for Mayors Includes No Women; Mayor Phil Gordon and Nine Men Selected by Mayors' Group

  Image: City of Phoenix Mayor Gordon recently signed a pact with DubaiPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and nine other mayors will travel to Saudi Arabia this month on a junket paid for by the Saudi government, Arizona Republic reporter Scott Wong reports this morning. When we looked at the list of mayors Wong published, though, something struck as odd: They were all men. But of course, there's nothing odd about that in Saudi Arabia, a backward land of oil and kings, where women aren't allowed to

  May 5, 2009

• ASU Students Win USA Today Top Student Awards

  Two Arizona State University Students have been named among the top 40 students in the nation by USA Today. Eric Anderson and Charlene Bashore were picked by the newspaper for "exception intellectual achievement and leadership." Bashore is a senior who digs DNA research and wants to get schoolkids enthused about chemistry. ASU's blurb on the honor contains praise of the highest order for the 22-year-old: "Charlene Bashore is one of the most interesting and versatile young wome

  May 13, 2009

• You Asked For It: Hollywood Heartthrob

  Hollywood Heartthrob The Takeover Grade B- When financial considerations mean songs needs to be replaced for a DVD release of a film or a TV show, producers usually turn to generic sounding music to take the place of the more popular, but prohibitively expensive, tune. Tinsel-town just might come knocking on Hollywood Heartthrob's door, if their debut release The Takeover, is any indicator. They'd make a great stand-in for that Rolling Stones track some movie exec can't negotiate rights to. T

  June 23, 2009

• 5 Upcoming Culinary Events to Plan For

  Get out your calendars, folks. And your credit cards. You've paid your dues through the most boooring part of summer, and now you can finally treat yourselves with tickets or reservations for some exciting culinary events coming up in the next month or so. It's just the beginning of the culinary/social calendar, and there's already so much to look forward to between early September and early October. (And yes, there's plenty to come after that.)

  August 28, 2009