Micah and Laura Etter of Tucson are suing a health care giant in a case that says as much about the state of health care as it does about any possible gaps in the law or a disorder that now afflicts one in 68 American children.
Other places like Denver and San Francisco are poised to eliminate new HIV transmissions. Not Phoenix and Arizona.
After House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the Republican replacement bill for Obamacare on Friday, Democrats were in a celebratory mood.
Steve Gomez’s son Anthony was born with a congenital heart defect that cost more than $2.5 million to treat.
The Arizona Democrat didn’t pull any punches during panel at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Family caregivers often struggle to navigate Arizona health-care system on behalf of their aging parents.
The senator was invited to attend a town hall organized by Planned Parenthood and Organizing for Action, but didn’t show.
Dear Stoner: How does a percolator work in a bong? Huff Dear Huff: Percolators, vaporizers, blasting hash — they all require scientific processes that most of us don’t want to learn, despite how important they are to cannabis consumption. Percolators use water to filter compounds and mixtures; they were around…
Dear Stoner: I always feel so bad for dogs when people blow smoke in their faces. I can tell they don’t like it. Are they getting high, or is it just irritating them?
Both sides expected to be out in force in Tempe, Mesa, Glendale; some want to save unborn babies, some want to make sure pregnant mothers get to clinics safely.
Dear Stoner: I keep seeing all these different “concentrates” in dispensaries, but I’ve yet to try any. I know this sounds dumb, but what is hash, exactly?
Dear Stoner: Is there such a thing as organic marijuana? I recently bought a pre-roll, and on the label were things like ammonium nitrate, isopropyl alcohol, nitric acid and indole-3- butyric acid, just to name a few.
Undocumented children from Central America find mental-health resources are in short supply after they reach the U.S.
Feel like it’s taking longer than you remember at the dispensary? Blame it on computer nerds.
Dear Stoner: A festival-going friend rolls joints inside out and says they’re better that way. Wouldn’t they be manufactured that way if that were the case? Dab-oo Sweeney Dear Dab-oo: Papers and blunt wraps are merely canvases for rolling artists to spin their magic. The regular way is the easiest…
In-laws flinch every time you bring up weed? Here’s how to get them to shake off those views.
Dear Stoner: My favorite marijuana strain is Lamb’s Bread. Does that name mean anything, or is it just made up at a grower? Burt Smiley Dear Burt: Marijuana names definitely mean something, especially for the strain you mention. Lamb’s Bread is an iconic Jamaican sativa that Bob Marley reportedly liked to…
Child advocates worry that the progress Arizona has made to provide health insurance to children from low-income families could be undone when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
In a new study of health benchmarks for children, Arizona ranks nearly last. America’s Health Rankings, released last month, provides a comprehensive overview of how all 50 states and the District of Columbia compare with one another on a broad range of health measures, ranging from adequate health insurance to immunizations…
Growing up in Phoenix, Bob Carey probably never imagined that one day, he would take photographs of himself wearing pink tutus at locations all over the world, his burly body posed in pliés on beaches and performing pirouettes on the Brooklyn Bridge. Then again, Carey probably never imagined his wife, Linda…
Health officials have issued their second alert of the summer about a microscopic parasite that is spread in feces, can survive in chlorinated pools, and induces a nasty case of infectious diarrhea. The 100 victims officials know about are just the tip of the iceberg, warns Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, medical…
It’s hard to dismiss the possibility that cupping, an ancient medicinal practice involving suction on the skin, has real benefits, after Michael Phelps won his 23rd gold medal on Sunday. Yet only a handful of credible studies back up its advocates’ claims. And its pseudoscientific underpinnings mean that the more questions…
