Just a week before public pools open across the valley, a disturbing new study is out. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there's fecal matter in over nearly 60 percent of public pools.
Just a week before public pools open across the valley, a disturbing new study is out. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there's fecal matter in over nearly 60 percent of public pools.
An Arizona Senate battle over expanding Medicaid revealed a fractured Republican majority that is likely to be exposed next in the House of Representatives.
An Arizona Senate battle over expanding Medicaid revealed a fractured Republican majority that is likely to be exposed next in the House of Representatives.
This week at the Phoenix Convention Center, 1,600 students are showing off science fair projects that are anything but boring.
When you think science fair, you probably imagine rows and rows of poster boards like you saw in grade school. But this week at the Phoenix Convention Center, 1,600 students are showing off projects that are anything but boring.
Almost 200 people in Marana are being asked to get tested after they were potentially exposed to HIV and Hepatitis C after going to the dentist. This comes on the heels of the Oklahoma dentist case.
Almost 200 people in Marana are being asked to get tested after they were potentially exposed to HIV and Hepatitis C after going to the dentist. This comes on the heels of an Oklahoma dentist who allegedly exposed thousands to the same diseases.
When the mercury begins to rise, so do the numbers of drownings in the state. Wednesday night, a 17-month-old boy died after being found face down in a pool.
When the mercury begins to rise, so do the numbers of drownings in the state. Wednesday night, a 17-month-old boy died after being found face down in a pool.
A bit of a surprise at the State Capitol -- the Republican-led Senate has voted to approve Gov. Brewer's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to 300,000 people as part of the federal health care law.
A bit of a surprise at the State Capitol -- the Republican-led Senate has voted to approve Governor Jan Brewer's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to 300,000 people as part of the federal health care law. FOX 10's Jessica Flores reports.
The world's most famous feline, from right here in Arizona, brought her frowny face to the west valley Thursday -- bringing smiles to those who are battling cancer.
The world's most famous feline, from right here in Arizona, brought her frowny face to the west valley Thursday -- bringing smiles to those who are battling cancer.
It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining-- do you have your sunglasses on?
It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining-- do you have your sunglasses on?
After battling cancer for more of his life, Patrick Chance passed away last January at the age of 9, but before inspiring his family to press on and help other kids facing cancer.
When Erin Chance and her girls Anna and Madison look through old photos of Patrick -- something they do a lot – they see the boy's quirky, gigantic smile.
"The thing I love most about Patrick is he was interested in everything. He was a collector, he collected birds' nests and acorns, and pieces of wood out of the yard, and seashells and arrowheads," said Erin Chance.
At the AFLAC Cancer Center on Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Patrick's oncologist Dr. Howard Katzenstein also remembers Patrick as an adventurer.
"And really, whenever he came here, he tried not to let what was happening here effect what was going on outside. So, he came here, got his treatment, but he was ready to go," said Katzenstein.
Patrick was only 3-and-a-half when he first came to Children's Healthcare. Erin says he'd been feeling off, run down.
"And he woke up one morning and he couldn't walk. I mean he literally could not stand up. We went to the emergency room, they thought he had various syndromes, fluid on the hip," said Erin Chance.
It was much worse: neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer that attacks the sympathetic nervous system.
Patrick went through high-dose chemotherapy and then a stem cell transplant using his own cells. Then the Chances began traveling first to Sloan Kettering in New York, and Children's in Philadelphia for more treatment for 5-and-a-half years.
"He spent almost 200 nights in the hospital, probably 400 other days in clinic visits. He really fought hard. But we're so blessed. Because 20 years ago, we would have had him for 6 months, and we got him for an extra five-and-a-half years," said Erin Chance.
Patrick died January 9, 2012 -- his 9th birthday.
To say thank you for Patrick's life, the Chances, working with the family of another young cancer patient, created Press On to CURE Childhood Cancer.
They raised $200,000 for a treatment room lined with lead. It's a place Georgia kids can come for targeted MIGB intravenous radiation treatments that are available in only a handful of centers in the U.S. The room is connected to a room where child's parents can stay. They can see and talk to each other through a closed-circuit TV system.
"And it typically does not make patients sick at all, the biggest part of it that because they are radioactive for a period of 3 to 4 days, they have to be in a special room, they have to be isolated from their parents, they have to be isolated from their siblings, from the rest of the patients in the hospital," Katzenstein said.
The room means kids like Patrick Chance no longer have to leave Georgia to get these treatments.
It was christened Wednesday, what would have been Patrick Chance's 10th birthday.
For the Chances, it feels like Patrick's life has come full circle.
"You're always looking for that piece of hope, that bright spot. We thought Patrick was put on this earth to accomplish something. And he accomplished it. He touched so many people. He changed lives, he changed the source of cancer treatment," said Patrick Chance.
Patrick's sisters are raising money to stock the patient room with toys, since anything the kids bring in could be contaminated with radiation.
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Melanoma is considered the deadliest form of skin cancer. A veteran dermatologist says he used to see three to five melanomas a year. Now, he says, he sees that many in a week!
Melanoma is considered the deadliest form of skin cancer. A veteran dermatologist says he used to see three to five melanomas a year. Now, he says, he sees that many in a week!
Thursday, May 16 2013 11:00 PM EDT2013-05-17 03:00:47 GMT
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows millions of American kids suffer from mental health problems. Experts believe as many as 20 percent of American children are affected.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows millions of American kids suffer from mental health problems. Experts believe as many as 20 percent of American children are affected.
Thursday, May 16 2013 12:02 AM EDT2013-05-16 04:02:20 GMT
Hundreds of American troops have lost a leg or arm in Afghanistan because of improvised explosive devices or homemade bombs.
Hundreds of American troops have lost a leg or arm in Afghanistan because of improvised explosive devices or homemade bombs. It was 29-year-old John Kremer's job to find those hidden bombs, and safely destroy them. That's what the Buford man was trying to do, when one of them exploded right under his feet.
Wednesday, May 15 2013 6:42 PM EDT2013-05-15 22:42:54 GMT
"You're fired!" Those are two words you never want to hear from anyone, especially your own doctor. But that can happen when patients and physicians don't see eye-to-eye.
"You're fired!" Those are two words you never want to hear from anyone, especially your own doctor. But that can happen when patients and physicians don't see eye-to-eye.
Tuesday, May 14 2013 7:48 AM EDT2013-05-14 11:48:46 GMT
There are more than 31 million Americans enrolled in Medicare Part D. And according to a recent survey, more than a third are worried about prescription drug costs.
There are more than 31 million Americans enrolled in Medicare Part D. And according to a recent survey, more than a third are worried about prescription drug costs.
Monday, May 13 2013 6:08 PM EDT2013-05-13 22:08:35 GMT
It was a risky delivery: a young mother who'd lost one baby at birth was delivering her second child by C-section.
It was a risky delivery: a young mother who'd lost one baby at birth was delivering her second child by C-section. She was surrounded by more than a dozen specialists and nurses. But this high stakes birth wasn't in a hospital operating room. It was at Zoo Atlanta.
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