Features

By Penny Bowen, M.D., EVDI Medical Imaging

It is summertime, and Arizonans are keeping cool and protecting themselves from the sun by staying in the shade and slathering on sunscreen. While these are important steps to take to avoid the threats of heat stroke and skin cancer, many of us may be missing out on an important nutrient – vitamin D.

Experts say that being outside for just 10 minutes can provide the daily recommended intake of vitamin D created naturally by our bodies in reaction to sun exposure. An essential nutrient for strong bone formation, the...

By Thuy Vo, D.O., EVDI Medical Imaging

Thanks in large part to the growing wave of technological advancements, we are learning more each year about new methods to detect and diagnose breast cancer earlier. New research findings are published regularly, giving the public more access to information about breast exams and mammograms than ever before.

However, the abundance of research and inconsistent recommendations for screening have raised questions among patients about when and how often they should be examined in order to protect themselves. As a radiologist...

I admit: I'm a social media addict. Many of us moms cannot resist posting pics of our kids doing just about anything. To us, our little ones are our shining stars, and it's simply so tempting to share their adorable-ness with the world.

However, there are times I fear I share TMI. It's kinda scary knowing the World Wide Web is a world of its own, with all our family photos floating around.

More concerning: our kids have embraced technnology; even my two year old knows how to swipe an...

Kareem Rosser is a 22-year-old collegiate Polo player from Colorado State University. Born in Philadelphia, he learned to ride horses at 8 years old after getting involved with Work to Ride, a local nonprofit that helps inner city youth learn to play Polo in exchange for work around the stable. Little did he know fourteen years later he would be guiding his college team to its first national championship in 16 years.

Rosser has won numerous awards and was even selected to be a part of one of the US Polo Teams that competed against England in an international...