Strips sold in retail stores, online and used in health care facilities The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the agency is working with Abbott Diabetes Care to recall 359 different lots of glucose test strips marketed under the…

Consumers are being warned to beware of unscrupulous people engaged in deceptive trade activities during this holiday season. Of particular note are the sale of counterfeit or pirated merchandise and identity theft. Counterfeiters and pirates with basic web design skills…

In the last 16 months, 165 buyers have closed on foreclosed homes in Phoenix using federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Homeownership Assistance funds. As part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) Congress passed in July 2008, $3.92 billion…

Health for a Lifetime, a series of free workshops presented by the city of Phoenix Human Services Department and St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center, offers health information for older adults and the community. The next workshop, Stroke: No Time…

Dr. Edward B. Diethrich, world-renowned expert on cardiovascular medicine and founder of the Arizona Heart Institute, will present The Heart of the Matter, a discussion on the importance of a healthy heart and how to prevent heart and vascular disease,…

Other areas for concern: Marijuana up and the love drug is back A new report released by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) shows that teenagers are still using prescription pain relievers at an alarming rate. While slight declines were…

by Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- While they may be legal in some states, "designer drugs," often marketed as herbal remedies, are banned under military law and policies by the Defense Department and all of the…

Reopened fishing area (in hashmarks) on October 1, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. (Photo courtesy NOAA) 89 percent of federal waters now open NOAA has reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,628 square miles of Gulf…

WASHINGTON, D.C. Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano demanding more information regarding the Backdoor Amnesty memos circulating at the department she heads. Several of us have written to you…

Simple Steps to Help Prevent the Biggest Disaster Threat Affecting Families across the Nation PHOENIX The biggest disaster threat to families across our nation every day isnt a flood or hurricane; its home fires. Last year, the Grand Canyon Chapter…

Carson City, NV - The following consumer advisory is offered by the Nevada Attorney Generals Bureau of Consumer Protection as part of an ongoing effort to educate consumers. The Attorney Generals Bureau of Consumer Protection has received information that Nevada…

October 1 - 31: October Tucson & Southern Arizona Blood Donors Entered to Win Phoenix Suns Suite Tickets Casa Grande, Maricopa, Tucson & UofA Did you know . . . every two seconds someone requires blood? Premature babies, trauma victims,…