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In the wake of last week’s tragedy in Boston, what are the images that stayed with you? The pillowing smoke? Blood on the streets? Shell-shocked victims in wheelchairs? Our hearts have been broken again. And since the footage is shown over and over, we’re traumatized each time, just like when the twin towers burned on 9/11.

Dr. Stuart Hetrick never planned to open New Image Med Spa in Ahwatukee Foothills.

Last week children returned to school after two weeks of winter recess. Two weeks of fun and frolic are over. The excitement of the season, treats, family reunions, unscheduled activities, late bedtimes, and no early morning hustle of getting ready are all in the past. The return to school brings a different routine requiring a disciplined approach.

Chandler Regional Medical Center’s Radiology Department recently received recognition by American College of Radiology for Ultrasound Imaging.

Thanks to a range of factors — including medical advances, healthier eating habits and better fitness — Americans are living longer lives. Life expectancy in the U.S. recently hit a record 78.7 years, and the number of Americans living past age 90 has nearly tripled during the last 30 years. But while living well into our 90s is a dream for many of us, the possibility of outliving our savings serves as an eye-opener.

The Arizona Board of Regents has given final project approval for construction of The University of Arizona Cancer Center — Phoenix outpatient clinic at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.

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If you’re having a medical emergency, the best thing you can do is get to the nearest hospital.

Vital signs. Now there’s a phrase that brings a particular image to mind: An emergency room in a hospital with doctors and nurses flurrying about in life and death struggles; monitors and machines beeping, humming and whirring all clamoring to provide their piece of information as part of the care and treatment being provided. One such piece of vital information is blood pressure.

When you see the photo of Ann Patchett on the book jacket of her latest book, “State of Wonder,” it’s hard to believe someone so lovely and feminine could write a book describing some horrific images. I guess that is the power of imagination and skillful writing which she has proven in her previous books, most notably “Bel Canto” (2001 Winner of PEN/Faulkner Award).

From the Department of Things You Did Not Know You Had to Worry About comes a new advisory: Don’t eat your barbecue cleaning brush.

Sumana Veeravelli, a graduate of Desert Vista High School, is studying biomedical engineering in her junior year at the University of Arizona. She has spent the past 12 weeks at the university working under Dr. Ted Trouard in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) research lab to figure out what kind of changes, aging and hypertension, can cause in the brain.

Team Orthodontics and Jungle Roots Children’s Dentistry have joined forces to open a new location offering coordinated, one-stop pediatric and orthodontic care for patients 18 months to 18 years old. The new location, opening Sept. 15, will be in the San Tan Village mall in Gilbert. Dr. Ken Danyluk of Team Orthodontics and Dr. John Culp of Jungle Roots both operate separate Ahwatukee practices and will continue to do so after opening the San Tan Village location.

So ever since I gave my two weeks notice I started wondering what will I miss most about working for a daily/weekly newspaper. It’s been in my blood for more than 30 years after I started giving photos of football games to The Chandler Arizonan my junior year in high school.

Nearly every woman I know judges herself by her number. I’m talking how much she weighs, whether her BMI number is acceptable, which dress size or pant size she wears and how many pounds she’s lost or how many she’s gained.

New grads and families: Bring in your graduation program and save $10 at Eye Priority on Optos digital retinal imaging with your comprehensive eye exam. (not to be combined with other offers)

Chandler Regional Medical Center, a Dignity Health Member, was voted No. 1 among medium-sized (200-324 beds) acute care hospitals, according to the recently released 2012 Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Business.

Sixteen Banner Health facilities have been acknowledged by HIMSS Analytics, a wholly owned nonprofit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, for achieving Stage 6 of electronic medical records (EMR) adoption.

Each year, medical professionals in Phoenix nominate doctors from specified medical specialties to be submitted for the distinction as a "super doctor."

At one point or another, most children, and even adults, make monthly trips to the orthodontist. It's no doubt that people not only choose their orthodontist because of their exceptional dental skills, but because of their stellar customer service.

Paul Hatcher typically spends New Year’s in northern Arizona, playing in the snow and enjoying time together with his mother, father and two sisters.

Nominees for the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber in Commerce Women in Business Palo Verde Award come from varied backgrounds and all levels of business experience. The annual award recognizes a female chamber member's personal achievements in business.

Nominees for the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber in Commerce Women in Business Palo Verde Award come from varied backgrounds and all levels of business experience. The annual award recognizes a female chamber member's personal achievements in business.

Southwest Ambulance personnel are collecting candy for those who aren’t able to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.