Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

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

The DMX Rap Sheet: Arrested in Phoenix (again)

A DOCTOR'S THOUGHTS ON CLINTON'S HEALTH PLAN

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.

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.

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.

Life With a Dying Liver

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

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.

Second Helpings

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.

Calendar for the week

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.

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.

Rattling Cages

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

Bigamy, Big Boys

Letters from the week of April 17, 2003

BEST DELI

Chompie's Deli

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 ... More >>

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

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 ... More >>

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

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 ... More >>

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

Forever Yours

Move Over, ALCOR. Phoenix-based Preserve A Life wants to make sure the dearly departed are ready for their close-ups.

Lost Hearts

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

The Living Dead

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

Elephant Man

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

Drive, She Said

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

Bottomless Well

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

That Worm Feeling

And you thought your dandruff was a drag

Insect Aside

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

Night & Day

July 30 - August 5, 1998

Inmates, Heal Thyselves

July 30 - August 5, 1998

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.

Organ Lessons

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

Lourdes of the Rings

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

UNSOLVED MURDER, SHE WROTE

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

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

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

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 ma ... More >>

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 t ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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/so ... More >>

Hot Links: Homemade Bombs at NAU, a Reattached Hand, and the Phoenix Suns

​The Phoenix Suns beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-111 in Phoenix Wednesday night. The win was the Suns 15th consecutive home victory this season and gave the team the best record in the NBA at 12-3...A West Valley Mayo Clinic has stopped accepting a certain types of Me ... More >>

Brain Scans on Your iPhone? Yeah, There's an App for That, and They're Testing it Out in Scottsdale

www.thepreppyprincess.com​At last, an iPhone application that does something a little more useful than finding the closest Applebee's.Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale are conducting clinical trials on a new iPhone app that would allow doctors to view brain scans with their iPhone ... More >>

Lisa Randall, a Wrongly Charged Former Peoria Daycare Operator, Benefited Greatly From Andrew Thomas' Departure

www.thepreppyprincess.com​At last, an iPhone application that does something a little more useful than finding the closest Applebee's.Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale are conducting clinical trials on a new iPhone app that would allow doctors to view brain scans with their iPhone ... More >>

Toubab Krewe at Compound Grill Last Night

Martin CizmarToubab Krewe on stage at Compound Grill in Phoenix.​Toubab KreweCompound GrillSaturday December 4, 2010Here's something amazing that pretty well sums up the vibe at Saturday night's Toubab Krewe show at Compound Grill: They let the chicks bring in their hula hoops and, dammit, they us ... More >>

Can DMX Ever Stay Out of Trouble Long Enough to Top the Charts Again?

Martin CizmarToubab Krewe on stage at Compound Grill in Phoenix.​Toubab KreweCompound GrillSaturday December 4, 2010Here's something amazing that pretty well sums up the vibe at Saturday night's Toubab Krewe show at Compound Grill: They let the chicks bring in their hula hoops and, dammit, they us ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Day of Bigotry, Barbarism and Triumph

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Superstar Billy Graham Made It Big in Wrestling -- Now the Steroids That Got Him There May Be Killing Him

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Knocked Out: For Kids, Concussions Can Be Worse Than for Adults

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Why Did the Arizona Department of Corrections Put a Mentally Ill Man in a Cell With a Convicted Killer?

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Voices Lifted Brings Comfort to Valley Hospice Residents

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton Sworn In By Former Arizona Governor Rose Mofford

After the inauguration ceremony, audience members made their way into Phoenix City Hall for a reception, which included offering a 2012 wish for Phoenix and its elected officials.​Greg Stanton took the stage as Phoenix's 52nd mayor and delivered an inauguration speech earlier today that, in part, ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton Sworn in By Former Arizona Governor Rose Mofford

After the inauguration ceremony, audience members made their way into Phoenix City Hall for a reception, which included offering a 2012 wish for Phoenix and its elected officials.​Greg Stanton took the stage as Phoenix's 52nd mayor and delivered an inauguration speech earlier today that, in ... More >>

Valley Lung Experts on Marijuana Smoking: No Comment

Image: www.pot-tube.comValley lung doctors won't say whether they've treated pot smokers for chronic lung problems. Does that mean they haven't seen such problems?​ Pulmonary Associates, with 15 doctors and six Valley locations, focuses on modern treatment techniques and claims on its Web site ... More >>