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2012 AZ Abortion Surveillance Report

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:14-07:00 August 8th, 2013|General|

State law directs us to produce several reports each year to help the public know what’s happening in the state and to help with public policy development. One of the more recently required reports is an annual report on abortion. This is the 3rd year we’ve published our annual Abortion Surveillance Report. This year's report found that there was a [...]

Back to School Oral Health

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:15-07:00 August 7th, 2013|General, Prevention|

Back to school time brings thoughts of new school supplies, backpacks, clothing, doctor's visits and immunizations. It’s also time for a dental exam and preventive care. The American Dental Association and American Academy of Pediatrics urge parents to schedule a dental examination before the school year starts. A visit to the dentist now can help assure [...]

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School & Teen Drivers

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:16-07:00 August 5th, 2013|General|

Back-to-school time means that a new bolus of high-schoolers that got their license over the summer are hitting the streets for the first time during the school year. All the data suggests that the first year of driving is an especially important time for skill development. Fortunately, our State has a “Graduated Drivers License” law to [...]

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Back to School!

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:16-07:00 August 2nd, 2013|Behavioral Health, General, Preparedness, Prevention|

Not so long ago (actually a long time ago) when I was a student I was bummed when it was back to school time. Now as a parent… I can’t wait. This year we thought we’d pull together a hub website for parents and grandparents to find resources and information with helpful hints about the [...]

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Dispensary Ruling

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:17-07:00 July 31st, 2013|General|

The Superior Court judge ruled this morning that our requirement for Registration Certificate holders (dispensaries) to get an approval to operate within one year in order to renew their certificates is unreasonable. Because of today’s ruling, we’re going to accept renewal requests for all the current dispensaries in the state, whether they’re open or not. The [...]

Trisomy Breakthrough?

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:17-07:00 July 30th, 2013|General|

Most people have 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. One set from the mom and one from the dad. Sometimes something doesn’t go quite right, and one of the chromosome pairs doesn’t divide evenly at the right time, and a person ends up with 3 of one of the chromosomes. Trisomy means three chromosomes instead of the normal 2. There [...]

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Petitions to Add Debilitating Conditions to the MM List

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:18-07:00 July 23rd, 2013|General|

The AZ Medical Marijuana Act also requires us to periodically accept petitions to permanently add new medical conditions to the list of conditions that qualify folks for a card. In Jan 2012, we’ve received petitions to add PTSD 1; PTSD 2; Depression; Migraines; and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In short- I didn’t approve the petitions because of the lack of published [...]

An AZ Monsoon Staple: The Scorpion

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:18-07:00 July 22nd, 2013|General|

In the Sonoran Desert monsoon = scorpion season. We have more than 56 species of scorpions- but the bark scorpion is the biggie. Since you live in the bark scorpion’s territory, you probably have them around or maybe even inside your home. The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center and Banner Good Samaritan Poison & Drug Information Center answer [...]

HIP2 Launches New Website

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:19-07:00 July 19th, 2013|General|

Health in Policy and Practice Arizona (HIP2) has launched a new website. HIP2 is a great local resource for Health Impact Assessment data and information. Health Impact Assessments are a data-driven tool used to assess the potential health impacts of a policy, project, program or proposal. They’re a great tool to ensure that health and health [...]

President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:50:19-07:00 July 18th, 2013|General|

If you’re a product of the 60s and 70s like me… you probably remember that the President’s Council on Physical Fitness was a big deal in elementary school. At least it was in Tucson where I grew up. By practicing things like chin ups, rope climbing, and running a mile in a certain time you could qualify [...]

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