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DaVita Dialysis honored for patient care

BY ERIN STANDEN, SPECIAL TO THE SUN

DaVita's Yuma South Dialysis was recently presented three national awards recognizing the overall effectiveness of its program and quality of its patient care. The clinic was awarded the Shining Star Award, the Most Valuable Program Award and the...

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Medical opinion: Sometimes no treatment is the best treatment

Editor's note Board-certified specialists from a panel of Yuma-area physicians provide to-the-point answers to questions submitted by Sun readers. The answers are only the opinions of the answering physicians and are not meant to be a substitute...

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Health fair gives residents free medical checkups

BY STEPHANIE SANCHEZ, SUN STAFF WRITER

SAN LUIS, Ariz. - Maria Nevanez, who says she is medically uninsured, decided to get herself every free medical checkup she could, ranging from cholesterol levels to sugar levels and blood pressure, on Saturday morning. "They told me that everything is...

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AP Health News

==Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes

CHICAGO (AP) -- A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected....

==Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. The promise of a virtually limitless supply is tantalizing because of blood donor shortages and disappointments in creating blood substitutes....

==New study backs angioplasty through the wrist

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in the groin....