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Arizona residents are discovering a better way to get well and stay well

Arizona residents are discovering a better way to get well and stay well

When it comes to good health, Concentra’s family of primary care centers believes patients should expect more. Patients deserve to feel as welcome and comfortable as possible when sick or injured, or when simply maintaining good health. As a network

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Keep Cool During Excessive Heat Warning

Keep Cool During Excessive Heat Warning

The warm spring days came and went leaving Arizonans in a vamp of warm weather that shows no sign of regressing any time soon. A warning and heads-up to any that had outdoor plans this weekend: There is heat advisory

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Lawmaker wants to ban baby bottles, favors breast-feeding

Lawmaker wants to ban baby bottles, favors breast-feeding

Motherly love has become a state affair in Venezuela, where Congress is set to start debating legislation that would punish the use of baby bottles to try to encourage breast-feeding.  In explaining the proposal, legislator Odalis Monzón said the bond

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House passes Franks’ bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

House passes Franks’ bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

By Jonathan Reid Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The House on Tuesday voted to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, capping a week of controversy with passionate debate over the measure before approving it largely on party lines. The

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Junk Food Ads Bombard Spanish TV

Junk Food Ads Bombard Spanish TV

It’s bad enough that three quarters of food advertisements on children’s English stations are junk food. But, if the show is in Spanish, those advertisements jump to 84 percent. “The heaviest concentration of junk food ads on Spanish language children’s

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La esperanza nunca muere…

La esperanza nunca muere…

Por Mariela Gomez De Ell   La vida le cambio para siempre a José Guzmán  el 5 de noviembre del 2005 cuando su primogénito de 17 años quien trabajaba para concluir sus estudios fue asaltado dentro de un establecimiento de comida

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Own Up Campaign Launches to Prevent Underage Drinking in Arizona

Own Up Campaign Launches to Prevent Underage Drinking in Arizona

To combat underage drinking, the Beverage Alcohol Community Information Council (BACIC) in collaboration with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety announced Own Up, a new campaign to address underage drinking.   The Own Up campaign is a compliment to the various

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Mexican Woman Receives First Transplant Of Ovaries In Latin America

Mexican Woman Receives First Transplant Of Ovaries In Latin America

Medical strides and advances continually surprise people and seem to leave the notion that nothing is impossible. The Mexican Infertility Institute did just that when a Mexican woman received Latin America’s first transplant of ovaries in a hospital in the

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Community donations create new mobile, medical app for youth by Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Community donations create new mobile, medical app for youth by Phoenix Children’s Hospital

Valley Leadership and former patients of Phoenix Children’s Hospital — the Patient and family Alumni Leadership group (“PALs”) — launched “Simply Sayin’,“ a new mobile application that empowers hospital staff, child life specialists and families to explain medical terms in

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New poll: Young Latinos need sex education, birth control

New poll: Young Latinos need sex education, birth control

By Ruben Hernandez In the healthy lifestyles of today’s Latino Americans, a positive sexual relationship plays an important role. In the coming months ArizonaLatinos will be exploring topics about sex as it relates to intimate, wholesome relationships between couples, and

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