Arizona Science Desk
Those clever message boards hanging off highway overpasses throughout the state cost millions of dollars to replace, according to ADOT. So when engineers at ADOT heard an LED bulb can save taxpayers 70 percent in energy costs over the Halogen bulb, they set out to replace the lights in more than 230 message boards across the state.
July 6, 2017
The debate over health-care reform in Washington has been heated — and partisan. If this bill passes, they say that many low-income families will lose insurance and their uncompensated care will skyrocket. Large safety-net hospitals like Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix may be some of the worst hit.
July 5, 2017
Several Arizona disability groups want Senator Jeff Flake to oppose the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate healthcare bill. Members of the community visited the Senator’s office to share their fears and concerns about the bill.
July 5, 2017
Of the nearly 4,000 African-American adults who participated in a long-term study of heart disease risk factors, discrimination was a strong determinant of short sleep duration and poor sleep quality.
July 5, 2017
Obesity now kills more people worldwide than car crashes, terror attacks and Alzheimer’s combined. Researchers say the main culprit is not lack of exercise, but changes in the way food is now made with calorie-dense, high-sugar ingredients.
July 4, 2017
The study says 36 percent of Southwestern Hispanic families, including in Arizona, have a dominant version of the disease retinitis pigmentosa.
July 4, 2017
Sure 107 degrees for a daytime high might feel like a reprieve, but experts with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health say now is not the time to let down your guard.
July 3, 2017
Navajo Nation is seriously considering legalizing medical marijuana.
July 3, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services removed a question about gender identity from the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants. Advocacy groups are worried that means transgender elders won’t be counted. The annual survey helps determine funding for programs that assist older adults.
July 3, 2017
Between the heat, dehydration, air quality and July 4th fireworks, many Arizonans shrug off headaches as just another symptom of summer. But we need to start taking headaches seriously.
July 2, 2017
Facebook just announced the successful test flight of its solar-powered drone in the Arizona desert. This successful test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground military facility comes almost one year after the first test flight crashed, and failed.
July 1, 2017
Republicans have fought to get rid of the Affordable Care Act for years. With complete control over the executive and legislative branches, they promised a speedy repeal and replacement.
June 30, 2017
One vending machine in Tucson aims to make kratom more available for people looking to get off opioids, but critics say there's no way to show the unregulated drug is safe or effective.
June 30, 2017
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released its annual report on trends in health statistics. It looks at everything from life expectancy to smoking rates to access to care.
June 29, 2017
If you huff and you puff, can you blow a foam house down? Turns out, you can build real houses out of foam and they won’t fall down.
June 29, 2017
Wednesday night, Waymo conducted tests with emergency vehicles in Chandler to teach its cars one of the most basic lessons in driver’s ed: Pull over to let emergency vehicles pass.
June 29, 2017
Some Arizona physicians are joining the chorus condemning the U.S. Senate’s version of health-care reform. About a dozen doctors joined Democratic state Rep. Randall Friese at the Capitol in Phoenix on Wednesday to speak out against the bill, now shelved in D.C. until after the July 4 recess.
June 29, 2017
The smartphone was a major innovation — positive in many ways. It allows us to reach friends, family and coworkers via talking, texting and e-mail. We can read books and watch movies on them, too. Now it turns out there’s actually a physical problem related to smartphones. It’s called “text neck.”
June 28, 2017
Doctors are supposed to be the ones who treat people — they’re not the ones we think about needing to get treatment. Michael Myers is professor of clinical psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York and, in his new book "When Physicians Die by Suicide," he takes a closer look at the issue of doctors who die by suicide.
June 28, 2017
Environmentalists fighting to protect the endangered Ocelot seen in southern Arizona agreed this week to settle a lawsuit against the federal government.
June 28, 2017
