June 15, 2015 Surviving the Sonoran Desert Heat Heat stands alone as the No. 1 weather-related killer in the United States—more deadly than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and all other weather events combined.
April 2, 2016 The 5th Vital Sign and America’s Painkiller Epidemic The U.S. health-care system has become much more aggressive in treating pain over the last 15 years and just as with any medical intervention at times there are adverse side effects.
April 8, 2016 Food and Politics: Deciphering the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines Every five years Dietary Guidelines for Americans is created through collaboration between the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture.
May 1, 2016 Community Health: The Key to Improving Health and Wellness for all Arizonans When you’re working with a patient in the healthcare delivery system, it’s pretty straightforward. You get a medical history, talk to your patient about how they are doing and their symptoms, and learn about their lifestyle.
June 8, 2016 What’s a Doula? A Professional Who Lowers Birth Costs and Improves Outcomes, that’s Who. Over the last few years, there has been more and more focus on the triple aim – improving patient experience, reducing costs, and improving population health.
July 29, 2016 Let’s Get Ahead of the Family Planning Curve in Arizona Unintended pregnancies, especially teen pregnancy and its social consequences, are a significant cause of inter-generational poverty and poor health outcomes.
Jan. 10, 2017 Good Oral Health is More than a Smile - Especially for Pregnant Women Good oral health is more than just a nice smile. Having good oral health improves a person’s ability to speak, smile, smell, taste, touch, chew and eat.
April 15, 2017 Since You Can't Select Your Family, Choose a Risk-reducing Lifestyle As an African American woman, I am aware that I’m in one of the highest-risk groups for dying from heart disease but my non-inherited risk factors are manageable.
July 18, 2017 The Healing Power of Ceremony: the Integrative Health Benefits of Diné Cleansing Practice Moving toward a more progressive and culturally relevant approach to Native American health care, Indian Health Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require culturally sensitive care in health-care settings.
May 1, 2018 The All of Us Research Program – Powering the Future of Precision Medicine There is power in numbers. When a researcher is studying the causes of a human disease, the more people involved in the study, the greater the probability that the study will generate useful results.