http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/health health news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052012_gibb_obit/bee-gees-robin-gibb-dies-62/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052012_gibb_obit/bee-gees-robin-gibb-dies-62/ 00:19:00Z Global Post Robin Gibb, one of the founding members of the Bee Gees, died Sunday at the age of 62, after a battle with cancer. 2012-05-21T00:19:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_obesity_doctors_insurers/doctors-and-insurers-key-fighting-obesity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051912_obesity_doctors_insurers/doctors-and-insurers-key-fighting-obesity/ 16:32:00Z Judith Graham Although professional medical societies have said for years that physicians should monitor patients’ body mass index, most doctors fail to do so. But that may soon change. 2012-05-19T16:32:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_buckmaster/buckmaster-time-clean-up-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_buckmaster/buckmaster-time-clean-up-tucson/ 21:40:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Joan Lionetti, head of Tucson Clean and Beautiful, comet discover David Levy, Sherri Jerzyk, of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, and nutrition reporter Jack Challem. 2012-05-16T21:40:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_dc_illegal_immigrants/dc-health-program-illegal-immigrants-avoids-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_dc_illegal_immigrants/dc-health-program-illegal-immigrants-avoids-cuts/ 19:53:00Z Sarah Barr A public health insurance program that primarily serves illegal immigrants in the District of Columbia avoided the chopping block Tuesday under a budget compromise approved by the D.C. Council. 2012-05-16T19:53:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_texas_mex_mine/player-bows-out-texas-fight-over-mexican-mine/ 16:58:00Z Julian Aguilar In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the Texas-Mexico border, an American Indian tribe has backed out of the fight. 2012-05-16T16:58:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051612_corn_syrup/high-fructose-corn-syrup-can-alter-learning-memory/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051612_corn_syrup/high-fructose-corn-syrup-can-alter-learning-memory/ 16:36:00Z Global Post High-fructose corn syrup can interfere with learning and memory, according to a study published on Tuesday 2012-05-16T16:36:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ 21:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster- Conversations with state Rep. Steve Farley, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Green Party CD 8 candidate Charlie Manolakis and Tucson Weekly arts calendar editor Linda Ray. 2012-05-15T21:47:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_same_sex_insurance/firms-offer-benefits-same-sex-couples-ahead-laws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051512_same_sex_insurance/firms-offer-benefits-same-sex-couples-ahead-laws/ 15:52:00Z Julie Appleby Last year, 52 percent of all employers offered domestic partner health benefits, with the percentage varying widely by region and industry. That’s up from 31 percent in 2010. 2012-05-15T15:52:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_palin_death_panel/palins-death-panel-rhetoric-torpedoed-medicare-savings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_palin_death_panel/palins-death-panel-rhetoric-torpedoed-medicare-savings/ 18:02:00Z Wendell Potter We’ll be hearing a lot from politicians this summer and fall about the urgency of dealing with Medicare spending. If we’re fortunate, some courageous candidates will call for renewed debate on a provision of the health care reform bill that had once enjoyed bipartisan support. 2012-05-14T18:02:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_military_pay_op/top-10-things-know-military-compensation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_military_pay_op/top-10-things-know-military-compensation/ 17:51:00Z Lawrence J. Korb The Pentagon’s personnel budget is composed of three major items: pay, retirement, and health care. These costs have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and now consume one-third of the baseline defense budget. If they continue growing, these costs will begin to divert funds from other critical national security initiatives such as training and modernization. 2012-05-14T17:51:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_chamber_health_care/us-chamber-continues-mislead-health-care-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051412_chamber_health_care/us-chamber-continues-mislead-health-care-law/ 17:07:00Z D'Angelo Gore The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s latest onslaught of television ads continues to miseducate voters about the potential impact of the health care law. 2012-05-14T17:07:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_romney_hrc_factcheck/romneys-gross-exaggeration-obamacare/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051012_romney_hrc_factcheck/romneys-gross-exaggeration-obamacare/ 19:40:00Z Eugene Kiely Mitt Romney claims government will “constitute … almost 50 percent” of the U.S. economy when the new federal health care law takes full effect. That’s nonsense. 2012-05-10T19:40:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mccain_f-22/mccain-f-22-safety/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mccain_f-22/mccain-f-22-safety/ 15:37:00Z John McCain U.S. Sen. John McCain released this statement Thursday regarding concerns about the safety of flying the F-22A Raptor. 2012-05-10T15:37:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_worst_places_mothers/best-and-worst-places-mother/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_worst_places_mothers/best-and-worst-places-mother/ 14:27:00Z Alexander Besant The charity group Save the Children released their annual best and worst places to be a mother ranking, with Norway coming in first and the African nation Niger coming in last — just after Afghanistan. 2012-05-09T14:27:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_dollars_for_docs/pain-advocacy-group-shuts-down-as-senators-launch-painkiller-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050912_dollars_for_docs/pain-advocacy-group-shuts-down-as-senators-launch-painkiller-probe/ 13:16:00Z Charles Ornstein A leading pain advocacy organization shuts down ahead of an investigation launched by the Senate Finance Committee into makers of narcotic painkillers and groups that champion them. 2012-05-09T13:16:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_health_care_costs/health-care-increasingly-out-reach-millions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_health_care_costs/health-care-increasingly-out-reach-millions/ 16:00:00Z Phil Galewitz Having trouble finding a doctor? You’re not alone.Tens of millions of adults under 65 — both those with insurance and those without — saw their access to health care dramatically worsen over the past decade. 2012-05-08T16:00:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ 20:23:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Arizona will receive nearly $2 million of a $100 million, multi-state settlement with Abbott Laboratories over allegations of illegal off-label marketing for the drug Depakote. 2012-05-07T20:23:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_rescue/agents-rescue-illegal-immigrant-from-desert/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_rescue/agents-rescue-illegal-immigrant-from-desert/ 19:07:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a Guatemalan man found face-down and unconscious in the desert north of Sasabe on Saturday. 2012-05-07T19:07:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_pima_county_swimming/pima-county-pools-gear-up-summer-swimming/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_pima_county_swimming/pima-county-pools-gear-up-summer-swimming/ 18:50:00Z Maria Coxon Smith Pima County pool are opening Memorial Day weekend. 2012-05-07T18:50:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_hartung_body_found/missing-tucson-man-found-dead-calif/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_hartung_body_found/missing-tucson-man-found-dead-calif/ 18:36:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A Tucson man who had been missing since mid-April was found dead Sunday in California, Tucson Police announced Monday. 2012-05-07T18:36:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_fda_implant_monitoring/fda-lax-monitoring-medical-implants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_fda_implant_monitoring/fda-lax-monitoring-medical-implants/ 17:16:00Z Lena Groeger The FDA doesn’t track data on medical implants, despite numerous high profile cases of malfunctioning devices that led to injury or even death. 2012-05-07T17:16:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_hc_quick_fix_potter/false-quick-fixes-american-health-care/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_hc_quick_fix_potter/false-quick-fixes-american-health-care/ 16:36:00Z Wendell Potter You’ve heard it before. Let’s deep-six ObamaCare and replace it with sure-fire free-market solutions: tort reform, allow insurance to be sold across state lines and encourage people to set up health savings accounts. Here’s the problem: there is mounting evidence that all three of these strategies not only are ineffective but may actually be making matters worse. 2012-05-07T16:36:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_military_compensation/time-control-runaway-military-personnel-costs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_military_compensation/time-control-runaway-military-personnel-costs/ 16:06:00Z Lawrence J. Korb Military personnel costs have nearly doubled since fiscal year 2001. If these costs are allowed to continue rising at their current rate, they will eat through the entire defense budget by FY 2039. 2012-05-07T16:06:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_brewer_planned_parenthood/brewer-signs-bill-banning-funds-planned-parenthood/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_brewer_planned_parenthood/brewer-signs-bill-banning-funds-planned-parenthood/ 14:43:00Z Amy Silverstein Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill late Friday that would ban Planned Parenthood from receiving any state money. 2012-05-07T14:43:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_obama_women_health/white-house-spins-womens-health/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_obama_women_health/white-house-spins-womens-health/ 21:29:00Z Lori Robertson Republicans are right: The White House is greatly exaggerating when it says that “women, in particular,” benefit from a prevention fund that the House GOP proposes to repeal. 2012-05-05T21:29:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_immigrant_stash_house/115-illegal-immigrants-found-locked-texas-house/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050512_immigrant_stash_house/115-illegal-immigrants-found-locked-texas-house/ 19:40:00Z Amy Silverstein Police in Edinburg, Texas, received a phone call Wednesday morning from an immigrant trapped inside a so-called “stash house.” The caller said more than 100 people were locked inside and they had gone days without food or water. 2012-05-05T19:40:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_obama_romney_medicare/qa-obama-vs-ryan-controlling-medicare-spending/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_obama_romney_medicare/qa-obama-vs-ryan-controlling-medicare-spending/ 18:05:00Z Marilyn Werber Serafini Looking at Paul Ryan and Barack Obama’s plans in detail shows that practical effects are likely to be very different when it comes to restraining federal spending and impact on seniors. 2012-05-04T18:05:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_buckmaster/buckmaster-lawall-backs-pima-county-conviction-rates/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_buckmaster/buckmaster-lawall-backs-pima-county-conviction-rates/ 21:40:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a newsmaker interview with Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall. Then, we get a preview of the American Cancer Society’s Tucson/Vail Relay for Life Event. Next, Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik calls in with the lowdown on the council. 2012-05-02T21:40:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050112_swimmer_dead/norwegian-swim-champ-26-dies-flagstaff/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050112_swimmer_dead/norwegian-swim-champ-26-dies-flagstaff/ 22:46:00Z Global Post Alexander Dale Oen, Norway’s world swimming champion, died suddenly while at a training camp in Flagstaff on Monday. 2012-05-01T22:46:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_va_nurses/va-nurses-scrutinized-after-patient-deaths-two-states/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_va_nurses/va-nurses-scrutinized-after-patient-deaths-two-states/ 19:30:00Z Tracy Weber A review by the VA inspector general of 29 VA facilities found only half had adequately documented that their nurses had the needed skills. Some nurses “did not demonstrate competency in one or more required skills,” but there was no evidence of retraining, the report said. 2012-04-30T19:30:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_texas_planned_parenthood/judge-texas-must-keep-planned-parenthood-under-medicaid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_texas_planned_parenthood/judge-texas-must-keep-planned-parenthood-under-medicaid/ 19:20:00Z Thanh Tan A district judge in Austin has ordered Texas to temporarily stop its enforcement of a rule that would have removed 49 Planned Parenthood clinics from the state’s Medicaid Women’s Health Program starting May 1. 2012-04-30T19:20:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_dishonored_vets/dishonored-veterans-band-plays-on/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_dishonored_vets/dishonored-veterans-band-plays-on/ 18:32:00Z Matt Davies Homelessness, untreated PTSD, suicides: How we play “Taps” for our veterans. 2012-04-30T18:32:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_health_insurance_rebates/putting-our-premiums-into-medical-care-not-profits/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_health_insurance_rebates/putting-our-premiums-into-medical-care-not-profits/ 16:58:00Z Wendell Potter The Rockefeller provision of President Obama’s health care reform law will require consumer rebates from insurers who didn’t spend enough on care. 2012-04-30T16:58:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042912_hospital_bill_suit/sued-over-1800-hospital-bill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042912_hospital_bill_suit/sued-over-1800-hospital-bill/ 22:57:00Z Jenny Gold Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, has sued nearly 1,600 people in county court between 2009 and 2011. Most of them were patients who were unable to pay their medical bills. 2012-04-29T22:57:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_worker_fatalities/report-fatal-work-injuries-rose-2010/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042512_worker_fatalities/report-fatal-work-injuries-rose-2010/ 23:20:00Z Jim Morris The Department of Labor reported Wednesday that 4,690 U.S. workers suffered fatal injuries in 2010, a 3 percent increase from 2009. 2012-04-25T23:20:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_buckmaster/buckmaster-wasting-water-will-cost-you/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_buckmaster/buckmaster-wasting-water-will-cost-you/ 22:20:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - A conversation with Dr. Victoria Maizes, of the Center for Integrative Medicine, Tucson Water cop Tony Almodova, and Tucson film industry advocate Eric Schumacher. 2012-04-25T22:20:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_dispose_meds/pima-co-oro-valley-collect-old-medications/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042512_dispose_meds/pima-co-oro-valley-collect-old-medications/ 21:56:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the Town of Oro Valley will be collecting old or unused prescriptions and over-the-counter medications on Saturday. 2012-04-25T21:56:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_tpd_missing_hartung/tpd-elderly-man-with-dementia-still-missing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042412_tpd_missing_hartung/tpd-elderly-man-with-dementia-still-missing/ 22:34:00Z Dylan Smith Tucson Police say an elderly man who suffers from dementia has been missing for a week. Arthur Hartung, 77, was reported missing last Wednesday. His credit card was used near Winterhaven, Calif., last week, but was used in Tucson since then, police said. 2012-04-24T22:34:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_az_chlamydia_testing/chlamydia-report-has-good-news-bad-news-az/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042012_az_chlamydia_testing/chlamydia-report-has-good-news-bad-news-az/ 21:41:00Z Brittany Smith A national survey suggests that more young women in Arizona are getting tested for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia, but data for the latest year available showed that fewer than half of those in this group were tested. 2012-04-20T21:41:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041912_barber_campaign/barber-talks-social-security-seniors/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041912_barber_campaign/barber-talks-social-security-seniors/ 20:49:00Z Will Seberger Ron Barber, the Democratic candidate in the CD8 special election, spooled up his campaign on Thursday in his first stump appearance after Jesse Kelly won Tuesday night’s GOP primary, talking Social Security and Medicare to a group of seniors. 2012-04-19T20:49:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041912_loughner_meds_appeal/loughner-attorneys-appeal-forced-meds-9th-circuit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041912_loughner_meds_appeal/loughner-attorneys-appeal-forced-meds-9th-circuit/ 19:12:00Z Dylan Smith Attorneys for alleged Jan. 8 shooter Jared Loughner appealed Wednesday to the 9th Circuit for a rehearing on whether he can be involuntarily medicated. 2012-04-19T19:12:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041812_acfei_forensic_consultant/no-forensic-background-no-problem/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041812_acfei_forensic_consultant/no-forensic-background-no-problem/ 22:00:00Z Leah Bartos Expert witnesses routinely sway trial verdicts with testimony about evidence, but there are no national standards to measure their competency or ensure that what they say is valid. 2012-04-18T22:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041812_latam_sex_ed/sex-drugs-and-latin-america/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041812_latam_sex_ed/sex-drugs-and-latin-america/ 19:36:00Z Carmen Barroso While violence presents a serious threat to human security, there is an equally pressing issue at hand that is rarely discussed: the health and well-being of Latin America’s youth. 2012-04-18T19:36:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041812_tpd_missing_hartung/tpd-man-with-dementia-missing-from-tucson-mall-area-home/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041812_tpd_missing_hartung/tpd-man-with-dementia-missing-from-tucson-mall-area-home/#When: 14:12:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson Police are asking for help finding a missing elderly man who suffers from dementia. 2012-04-18T14:12:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041712_buckmaster/buckmaster-marana-mayor-defends-audit-bonds/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041712_buckmaster/buckmaster-marana-mayor-defends-audit-bonds/ 21:24:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We talk with Dr. Carolyn Compton, director of Critical Path Institute, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Jan Woods of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, and Marana Mayor Ed Honea. 2012-04-17T21:24:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041712_az_medtronic_suit/court-rejects-mans-suit-over-medical-device/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041712_az_medtronic_suit/court-rejects-mans-suit-over-medical-device/ 16:23:00Z Victoria Pelham A federal appeals court said Monday that an Arizona man cannot sue a medical device manufacturer under state law for injuries from a pain pump he said left him paraplegic. 2012-04-17T16:23:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_insurance_subsidies_rule/rule-would-limit-eligibilty-health-insurance-subsidies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_insurance_subsidies_rule/rule-would-limit-eligibilty-health-insurance-subsidies/ 17:19:00Z Julie Appleby A proposed Treasury Department rule says workers and their families cannot qualify for those subsidies unless their employer’s plan is unaffordable because it exceeds 9.5 percent of their household income. 2012-04-16T17:19:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_occupy_obamacare_videos/bizarre-super-pac-videos-attack-obamacare/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_occupy_obamacare_videos/bizarre-super-pac-videos-attack-obamacare/ 21:38:00Z Michael Beckel Angered by Obama’s health insurance overhaul, a former supporter of the president wants to turn the election season into a horror movie with the aid of a super PAC. 2012-04-14T21:38:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_summit_americas_obama/obama-legalization-not-answer-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041412_summit_americas_obama/obama-legalization-not-answer-drug-war/#When: 14:35:000 Global Post Updated: Speaking at the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama on Saturday told Latin American leaders that legalization was not the answer to the drug war. 2012-04-14T14:35:16-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041312_communities_of_color/minorities-still-feeling-pain-3-years-into-economic-recovery/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041312_communities_of_color/minorities-still-feeling-pain-3-years-into-economic-recovery/ 18:46:00Z Christian E. Weller Minorities are less likely than their white counterparts to enjoy the opportunities that come from having a good job, owning a home and having a financial safety cushion. 2012-04-13T18:46:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_cd8_final_gop_debate/candidates-face-off-last-gop-debate-before-cd8-primary/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_cd8_final_gop_debate/candidates-face-off-last-gop-debate-before-cd8-primary/ 16:28:00Z Mariana Dale Jesse Kelly, Martha McSally, Frank Antenori and Dave Sitton faced off in the final CD8 Republican debate before Tuesday’s special primary. 2012-04-13T16:28:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_planned_parenthood/bill-ban-public-funds-from-abortion-providers-moves-ahead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_planned_parenthood/bill-ban-public-funds-from-abortion-providers-moves-ahead/ 02:37:00Z Sara Smith The state Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that would prohibit public money intended for family-planning services from going to organizations that provide abortions. 2012-04-13T02:37:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_hispanics/as-economy-improves-latinos-still-lag-workforce/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_hispanics/as-economy-improves-latinos-still-lag-workforce/ 00:31:00Z Dustin Volz Minorities continue to lag behind whites across several economic indicators, even as the job market improves, a report released Thursday said. 2012-04-13T00:31:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_poultry_antibiotics/asu-researcher-finds-banned-antibiotics-poultry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_az_poultry_antibiotics/asu-researcher-finds-banned-antibiotics-poultry/ 00:00:00Z Brittany Smith A study of chicken byproducts co-authored by an Arizona State University researcher found trace amounts of antibiotics banned from poultry production in 2005. 2012-04-13T00:00:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041212_neb_immigrants_prenatal/neb-votes-restore-prenatal-care-illegal-immigrants/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041212_neb_immigrants_prenatal/neb-votes-restore-prenatal-care-illegal-immigrants/ 16:32:00Z David Trifunov Nebraska lawmakers voted to restore prenatal Medicaid for illegal immigrants, but Gov. Dave Heineman promised to veto the bill. 2012-04-12T16:32:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/0401112_walk_n_roll/kids-gear-up-walk-n-roll-school/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/0401112_walk_n_roll/kids-gear-up-walk-n-roll-school/ 18:45:00Z Rachel Cabakoff Students around Tucson won’t be hiding inside this Friday the 13th when they walk, ride, skate and scooter to school to improve Pima County’s air quality in the annual Walk n’ Roll to School Day. 2012-04-11T18:45:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041112_budget_lgbt_op/the-federal-budget-and-gay-and-transgender-families/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041112_budget_lgbt_op/the-federal-budget-and-gay-and-transgender-families/ 18:02:00Z Crosby Burns House Republicans last week passed House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposed budget, which would shred the safety net for gay and transgender families to tatters. 2012-04-11T18:02:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_taxes_car_crashes/study-fatal-car-crashes-increase-tax-deadline-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_taxes_car_crashes/study-fatal-car-crashes-increase-tax-deadline-day/ 00:17:00Z Samantha Stainburn The risk of dying in an auto accident as a driver, passenger or even a pedestrian increases 6 percent on tax-deadline day compared with a day from a week earlier or a week later . 2012-04-11T00:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_medicare_acos/medicare-adds-new-accountable-care-organizations/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_medicare_acos/medicare-adds-new-accountable-care-organizations/ 19:54:00Z Jenny Gold The Obama administration announced Tuesday that 27 health systems have been selected to participate in Medicare’s Shared Savings Program. 2012-04-10T19:54:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_az_tucson_sanctuary/tucsonans-have-long-history-offering-sanctuary/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041012_az_tucson_sanctuary/tucsonans-have-long-history-offering-sanctuary/ 17:34:00Z Diana Martinez While Tucson officials today say they do not consider the city a designated place of sanctuary, human rights work continues the path of the Sanctuary Movement through local organizations. 2012-04-10T17:34:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_norway_sane/norway-killer-anders-behring-breivik-declared-sane/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041012_norway_sane/norway-killer-anders-behring-breivik-declared-sane/ 16:36:00Z Jessica Phelan A new psychiatric report has found confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik sane. The findings could see him sent to prison rather than a psychiatric ward. 2012-04-10T16:36:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_escobar_missing/update-missing-man-found/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_escobar_missing/update-missing-man-found/#When: 20:54:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Tucson police say David R. Escobar, 56, returned to his home Monday evening after being missing for most of the day. “He was found to be in good condition,” a department spokeswoman said. 2012-04-09T20:54:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040912_obama_vs_romney/obama-and-romney-trade-barbs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040912_obama_vs_romney/obama-and-romney-trade-barbs/ 17:47:00Z Eugene Kiely Obama says Romney’s budget could throw children out of Head Start, eliminate air traffic control services and “end Medicare as we know it.” Romney accuses the president of “distortions and inaccuracies.” 2012-04-09T17:47:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_az_medicaid/state-gets-go-ahead-more-medicaid-changes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_az_medicaid/state-gets-go-ahead-more-medicaid-changes/ 17:17:00Z Stephanie Snyder The federal government Friday approved a handful of changes to Arizona’s Medicaid program that state officials said could help extend health coverage to more than 20,000 low-income children. 2012-04-09T17:17:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_obama_health_care/obama-eats-his-words-health-care-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_obama_health_care/obama-eats-his-words-health-care-law/ 19:43:00Z Brooks Jackson President Obama is being forced to modify his absurdly wrong claim that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to strike down the new health care law. 2012-04-06T19:43:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_wounded_warriors/hurt-twice-once-war-and-once-treatment/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_wounded_warriors/hurt-twice-once-war-and-once-treatment/ 18:30:00Z Aaron Mehta A Department of Defense report said a program aimed at helping wounded Marines and sailors has resulted in terrible medical care, long delays in service and service members who felt like they were in a “petting zoo. 2012-04-06T18:30:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_unnecessary_treatment/physicians-unnecessary-treatments-can-harm-patients/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_unnecessary_treatment/physicians-unnecessary-treatments-can-harm-patients/ 17:06:00Z Julie Appleby Nine prominent physician groups released lists of 45 common tests and treatments Thursday they said are often unnecessary and may even harm patients. 2012-04-06T17:06:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040512_pets_sleep/sharing-bed-with-pets-could-mean-better-sleep/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040512_pets_sleep/sharing-bed-with-pets-could-mean-better-sleep/ 00:20:00Z Global Post An Australian study has found you are more likely to get a good night sleep if you share your bed with a pet rather than another person. 2012-04-06T00:20:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040512_lethal_injection_drug/lethal-injection-drug-access-could-put-executions-hold/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040512_lethal_injection_drug/lethal-injection-drug-access-could-put-executions-hold/ 23:13:00Z Kimberly Leonard A federal judge’s decision to block imports of a drug used in executions will leave states to rely more on a substitute drug that could itself be getting scarce. 2012-04-05T23:13:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040512_buckmaster/buckmaster-road-repair-funding-tops-supervisors-agenda/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040512_buckmaster/buckmaster-road-repair-funding-tops-supervisors-agenda/ 22:00:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - A newsmaker interview with Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson, then nutrition reporter Jack Challem, and attorney Don Loose, 2012-04-05T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_az_health_rankings/pima-fares-better-than-most-county-health-rankings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_az_health_rankings/pima-fares-better-than-most-county-health-rankings/ 21:04:00Z Stephanie Snyder Arizona continued to fall well short of national averages on a range of health indicators, from diets to teen birth rates, according to a national health report. 2012-04-04T21:04:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_az_domestic_partners/court-wont-reconsider-domestic-partner-benefits/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040412_az_domestic_partners/court-wont-reconsider-domestic-partner-benefits/ 16:16:00Z Dustin Volz A federal appeals court Tuesday refused to reconsider its September ruling that blocked an Arizona ban on benefits for domestic partners of state employees. 2012-04-04T16:16:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040312_gop_women/house-gop-opens-new-front-war-women/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040312_gop_women/house-gop-opens-new-front-war-women/ 20:26:00Z Katie Wright House Republicans have made it clear that they aren’t finished with their war on women. Now they’ve leveled an attack on women’s economic security. 2012-04-03T20:26:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_pollution_seasons/rise-pima-county-pollution-predicted-summer/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040312_pollution_seasons/rise-pima-county-pollution-predicted-summer/ 18:33:00Z Rachel Cabakoff Rising summer temperatures and increased vehicle emissions can cause the formation of a pollutant called “ground-level zone” that can cause short-term health effects. 2012-04-03T18:33:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_kids_soda_hearts/kids-who-drink-soda-increased-risk-heart-disease/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040312_kids_soda_hearts/kids-who-drink-soda-increased-risk-heart-disease/ 16:18:00Z Global Post Children who drink sugar-laden sodas may be at greater risk of developing heart disease later in life, a new study suggests. 2012-04-03T16:18:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040212_az_bike_injuries/spring-means-spike-bicycle-injuries-az-children/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040212_az_bike_injuries/spring-means-spike-bicycle-injuries-az-children/ 01:50:00Z Brittany Smith In spring, hospitals see more young bicyclists with injuries ranging from scrapes to internal injuries caused by ramming into handlebars. 2012-04-03T01:50:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040212_scotus_potter/scalias-jokes-mask-grim-reality-american-health-care/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040212_scotus_potter/scalias-jokes-mask-grim-reality-american-health-care/ 19:40:00Z Wendell Potter The Supreme Court Justices might take a lesson from “The Hunger Games” when deciding on ObamaCare. 2012-04-02T19:40:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033112_longer_childbirth/study-childbirth-takes-longer-today-than-50-years-ago/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033112_longer_childbirth/study-childbirth-takes-longer-today-than-50-years-ago/ 18:33:00Z Samantha Stainburn American women spend, on average, two hours longer in childbirth today than they did 50 years ago, according to a new study. 2012-03-31T18:33:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033012_fredandjeff/fred-and-jeff-baile-de-las-flores-raises-funds-st-lukes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033012_fredandjeff/fred-and-jeff-baile-de-las-flores-raises-funds-st-lukes/ 20:45:00Z The Fred and Jeff Show Fred and Jeff are joined by Lynne Van Sice and Eileen Starace from St. Luke’s Home. 2012-03-30T20:45:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033012_water_walk/volunteers-visit-tucson-homes-with-safe-swimming-tips/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033012_water_walk/volunteers-visit-tucson-homes-with-safe-swimming-tips/ 19:41:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A group of volunteers will be knocking on Tucson doors Saturday to offer tips on water safety in an effort to reduce the risk of child drownings. 2012-03-30T19:41:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033012_nami_walk/5k-walk-benefit-tucsons-mentally-ill-families/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033012_nami_walk/5k-walk-benefit-tucsons-mentally-ill-families/ 17:44:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucsonans will lace up their walking shoes Saturday to show support for those in the community living with mental illness during the 6th annual NAMIWalks Southern Arizona. 2012-03-30T17:44:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032912_birth_control_success/study-birth-control-access-boosts-womens-earnings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032912_birth_control_success/study-birth-control-access-boosts-womens-earnings/ 21:48:00Z Sarah Wolfe New research shows that access to birth control pills over the past 50 years has translated into higher pay and better careers for women. 2012-03-29T21:48:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032912_az_women_protest/dems-gop-bills-attack-az-womens-rights/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032912_az_women_protest/dems-gop-bills-attack-az-womens-rights/ 15:49:00Z Brittany Smith Dozens of women joined Democratic state legislators Wednesday to denounce GOP bills on birth control and abortion they say pander to ultraconservatives. 2012-03-29T15:49:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_buckmaster/buckmaster-help-may-way-pima-county-road-repairs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_buckmaster/buckmaster-help-may-way-pima-county-road-repairs/ 20:44:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We have interviews with Dr. Victoria Maizes of the Center for Integrative Medicine and Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry. 2012-03-28T20:44:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_lead_paint_grant/tucson-receives-24m-grant-get-lead-out/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_lead_paint_grant/tucson-receives-24m-grant-get-lead-out/ 20:19:00Z Mariana Dale A grant from the the Department of Housing and Urban Development hopes to help Tucson’s low-income families eliminate lead hazards in their homes over the next three years. 2012-03-28T20:19:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supreme_transcript_weds/health-care-supreme-court-transcript-day-3/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supreme_transcript_weds/health-care-supreme-court-transcript-day-3/#When: 12:47:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Read and listen to Wednesday’s proceedings of the Supreme Court during oral arguments over health care reform. 2012-03-28T12:47:54-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_az_obamacare/az-business-groups-oppose-health-care-reform/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_az_obamacare/az-business-groups-oppose-health-care-reform/ 18:32:00Z Connor Radnovich Businesses and business groups in Arizona have widely come out in opposition to the health care law being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. 2012-03-28T18:32:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_az_bath_salts/lawmaker-az-pharmacy-board-should-lead-bath-salts-fight/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032812_az_bath_salts/lawmaker-az-pharmacy-board-should-lead-bath-salts-fight/ 16:59:00Z Cale Ottens An Arizona lawmaker wants the state’s Board of Pharmacy to be given the power to ban ingredients found in synthetic drugs such as bath salts. 2012-03-28T16:59:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-ready-sales-tax-education/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-ready-sales-tax-education/ 20:56:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Ann-Eve Pedersen talks about sales tax for education, Shelly Fishman with the Money Maker Report, Dr. Cindi Donnelly on pet care, and consumer affairs contributor Tom Collier. 2012-03-27T20:56:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supremes_health_care_tues/supreme-court-grills-administration-health-care-reform/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supremes_health_care_tues/supreme-court-grills-administration-health-care-reform/ 18:25:00Z Kaiser Health News The second day of the historic Supreme Court hearings on the health reform law focused on these questions: Does Congress have the power to require Americans to purchase health insurance? Is the individual mandate constitutional? (with video) 2012-03-27T18:25:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supreme_transcript_tues/health-care-supreme-court-transcript-day-2/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supreme_transcript_tues/health-care-supreme-court-transcript-day-2/ 18:12:00Z Dylan Smith Read and listen to Tuesday’s proceedings of the Supreme Court during oral arguments over health care reform. 2012-03-27T18:12:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supreme_transcript/health-care-supreme-court-transcript/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supreme_transcript/health-care-supreme-court-transcript/ 17:06:00Z Dylan Smith Read and listen to Monday’s proceedings of the Supreme Court during oral arguments over health care reform. 2012-03-27T17:06:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supremes_health_care_guide/health-care-reform-your-supreme-court-guide-day-1/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032712_supremes_health_care_guide/health-care-reform-your-supreme-court-guide-day-1/ 16:36:00Z Kaiser Health News The first day’s arguments focused on the Anti-Injunction Act and whether the court can rule on the case before a penalty is imposed on those who do not have health insurance. KHN’s reporter inside the court, Stuart Taylor, tells Jackie Judd that all the justices, except one, seemed eager to ask questions. (with video) 2012-03-27T16:36:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_az_health_reform/azs-position-clear-as-high-court-weighs-health-care-reform/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032712_az_health_reform/azs-position-clear-as-high-court-weighs-health-care-reform/ 15:16:00Z Stephanie Snyder Arizona is the only state to adopt both a constitutional amendment and state law saying its residents cannot be forced to participate in a health care system. 2012-03-27T15:16:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032612_tx_hospital_obese/texas-hospital-refuses-hire-obese-workers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032612_tx_hospital_obese/texas-hospital-refuses-hire-obese-workers/ 19:33:00Z Emily Ramshaw A Victoria, Texas, hospital already embroiled in a discrimination lawsuit has instituted an unusual hiring policy: No job applicants who are too overweight. 2012-03-26T19:33:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032612_patterson/ex-girlfriend-patterson-didnt-commit-domestic-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032612_patterson/ex-girlfriend-patterson-didnt-commit-domestic-violence/ 17:19:00Z Dylan Smith The ex-girlfriend of state Rep. Daniel Patterson said Sunday night that he “never hit or committed domestic violence against me.” 2012-03-26T17:19:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032612_healthcare_polls/how-americans-really-feel-obamacare/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032612_healthcare_polls/how-americans-really-feel-obamacare/ 16:56:00Z Brooks Jackson Mitt Romney says “most Americans want to get rid of” the Affordable Care Act. Is he right? That depends on which poll-taker is asking the question, and how it’s worded. 2012-03-26T16:56:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032412_tx_women_health/storm-tx-over-womens-health-care-long-brewing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032412_tx_women_health/storm-tx-over-womens-health-care-long-brewing/ 18:15:00Z Emily Ramshaw Despite high emotions, strategic media campaigns and moral outrage, neither side in the debate over women’s health care in Texas was blindsided by the fight. 2012-03-24T18:15:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032312_health_ins_rates/feds-call-az-health-insurance-rate-hikes-unreasonable/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032312_health_ins_rates/feds-call-az-health-insurance-rate-hikes-unreasonable/ 04:57:00Z Dylan Smith Health insurance rate increases by two insurers in Arizona have been called “unreasonable” by federal reviewers. Hikes of 17 and 18 percent were hit with the label, while other increases — of up to 44 percent — remain under scrutiny. 2012-03-24T04:57:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032312_flake/flake-makes-tucson-campaign-swing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032312_flake/flake-makes-tucson-campaign-swing/ 03:55:00Z Will Seberger U.S. Senate hopeful Jeff Flake, a Republican who holds Arizona’s CD6 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, made two stump appearances in Tucson on Friday, championing his plans to repeal health care reform and secure the border. 2012-03-24T03:55:40+00:00