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Administrative Law Judge Recommends Reversing PTSD Decision

By Will Humble|2014-06-06T08:51:02-07:00June 6th, 2014|General|

Last December I denied a petition to add Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to the list of debilitating medical conditions that qualify people for an Arizona Medical Marijuana Registration Card. I denied the petition because there was a lack of scientific evidence to document whether Cannabis is helpful or not to treat or provide palliative care for [...]

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American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part V): Wrap-up

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:37-07:00June 4th, 2014|General|

In this 5-part series on American Indian Healthcare we’ve covered the basics the Indian Health Service and ”638’s” administered by tribes and tribal organizations. Here we learned about unique opportunities Native Americans have when seeking health care services. Members of 566 federally recognized American Indian Tribes and their descendants are eligible for services provided by [...]

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Get In the Health Care Driver’s Seat

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:37-07:00June 3rd, 2014|General, Preparedness|

Let’s face it. When it comes to being in control as a consumer- information is power. And being in control of your own health and health care is probably one of the most important things you can do as you go through life. Up until the last couple of years, the healthcare world has been [...]

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Summer Means It’s Time for Sun Safety

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:37-07:00June 2nd, 2014|General|

Skin cancer is now the most common cancer in the U.S. but is preventable by using good judgment. Thirteen new studies confirm what most of us have suspected, that protecting your skin from damaging UV rays with clothing, sunscreen, hats, sunglasses and shade, decreases sunburns, tanning and the formation of moles—all factors in developing a [...]

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Live Broadcast: Launching of the Arizona State Health Improvement Plan

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:37-07:00May 31st, 2014|General|

We’ll be having a live web broadcast about our State Health Improvement Plan on Monday, June 2, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. The web broadcast will provide an overview of the State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan… including the next steps. Tune in if you can.

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1920 ADHS Annual Report

By Will Humble|2014-05-29T10:16:47-07:00May 29th, 2014|General|

With our Annual Report coming up soon, I was surfing the web to get some ideas last night and ran across our 1920 ADHS Annual Report. Call me a public health geek, but I couldn’t put my iPad down. The Annual Report covers our agency activities that year- things like our new (1919) Midwifery regulations, [...]

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American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part IV)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:38-07:00May 28th, 2014|General|

So far in this series, we’ve covered the Indian Health Service, the ”638’s” administered by tribes and tribal organizations, and Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Plan. This week focuses on the Affordable Care Act & the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act. American Indians wishing to buy health insurance in the Health Insurance Marketplace won’t need [...]

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Study: Flu Vaccine Cuts Kids Trips to ICU

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:38-07:00May 21st, 2014|General|

Influenza vaccine reduces a child's risk of flu-related intensive care hospitalization by 74% according to a CDC study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. This is the first study that estimates vaccine effectiveness against flu admissions to pediatric intensive care units.

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American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part III)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:38-07:00May 20th, 2014|General|

In addition to services provided by the Indian Health Service and the ”638’s” administered by tribes and tribal organizations, American Indians are eligible to apply for and receive Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Plan. American Indians applying for Medicaid services in Arizona need to meet the same income requirements as all other applicants. Unearned [...]

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Federal Funds for Arizona Public Health

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 13th, 2014|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

We use a lot of CDC grants in Arizona to promote public health. I’ve talked about what we do with the Maternal and Child Health, as well as the Behavioral Health, grants in previous blogs. There’s another grant that lets us focus on issues that are specifically tailored to Arizona. The Preventive Health block grant helps fund our [...]

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