Arizona football coach Mike Stoops was released from University Medical Center in Tucson at noon today after undergoing several hours of treatment for kidney stones, according to a news release issued by the athletic department.

March is National Kidney Month, and National Kidney Foundation of Arizona is providing Arizonans with multiple resources from which to learn, participate, and educate themselves on kidney health.

March is National Kidney Month, and National Kidney Foundation of Arizona is providing Arizonans with multiple resources from which to learn, participate, and educate themselves on kidney health.

Sharon Lagas started the Alport Syndrome Foundation to spread awareness about the disorder and to connect families affected by it.

In one month, a Gilbert man and the man whose life he helped save will be reunited under more relaxing circumstances.

In one month, a Gilbert man and the man whose life he helped save will be reunited under more relaxing circumstances.

In one month, a Gilbert man and the man whose life he helped save will be reunited under more relaxing circumstances.

Brett’s Barn at WestWorld in Scottsdale will be a mix of cowboy and culture for Saturday’s Children’s Art & Literature Luncheon to benefit the Arizona Kidney Foundation.

Jeff Juniper’s gift to his brother won’t be wrapped with a bow this year. In fact, his brother Blair won’t even see it. But he’ll feel it. The two brothers are spending their holidays recovering from kidney transplant surgery.

Faced with rising numbers of poor, disabled, elderly Arizonans struggling to get their prescriptions filled, Gov. Janet Napolitano late Friday joined 14 other governors in taking emergency action to plug some of the holes in Medicare’s new drug plan.

The East Valley’s only kidney dialysis center run by a privately held company is expected to treat hundreds of patients in the coming months, a company spokesman said.

The East Valley’s only kidney dialysis center run by a privately held company is expected to treat hundreds of patients in the coming months, a company spokesman said.

Karen Knowles of Johnson Ranch and her sister, Deanna Gargia, know a thing or two about kidney transplants. Their family has had several of them.

Gilbert’s Civic Center grounds are blessed and ready for the town’s first Arizona Native American Pow Wow and Gathering that begins today.

Gilbert’s Civic Center grounds are blessed and ready for the town’s first Arizona Native American Pow Wow and Gathering that begins today.

Donald Bateman's family felt good about the lives he saved after he died in May 2003.

Maya purrs like the 10-month-old kitten she is. She's been declawed, has her shots and even has had her canines removed.

Maya purrs like the 10-month-old kitten she is. She’s been declawed, has her shots and even has had her canines removed.

Arizona's biotech industry will get a shot in the arm Friday with the groundbreaking of a new bioscience research center in downtown Phoenix.

Arizona's biotech industry will get a shot in the arm Friday with the groundbreaking of a new bioscience research center in downtown Phoenix.

Five-hundred years ago, the Guarani Indians of Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia started using the plant Ka’a He’ê — translated to English as “sweet herb” — for consumption and medical treatments.

When she was making the leap from junior high to high school, Haleigh Martinez found she could barely climb the stairs in her Gilbert home. “My hips and my joints were just killing me, I felt like I was 80 years old,” Martinez said.

July 11, 2004

Laurie Sterbenz clutched her father’s hand as he was wheeled into the room where his life would be brought to an end. To the doctors, Donald Bateman of Tempe already was dead. His brain function had ceased hours before.