Although she has lived in Scottsdale most of her life, Jennifer DeSai knew nothing about a local group that gives financial awards to academically deserving college students majoring in natural science, medicine and engineering.

January 18, 2005

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center will double the number of beds in its intensive care unit today in a move hospital officials say is the first step toward specialized care for its most critical patients.

The Sun Lakes Parkinson's Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Mirror Room at Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes.

The Sun Lakes Parkinson's Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Mirror Room at Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes.

The president of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce has received an outpouring of support after having brain surgery to remove a tumor.

Kris Keck is an angry young woman, and she’d argue that’s a good thing.

July 27, 2004

Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix are among three Arizona hospitals preparing to offer an experimental treatment to patients severely affected by West Nile virus.

Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix are among three Arizona hospitals preparing to offer an experimental treatment to patients severely affected by West Nile virus.

Services for Monsignor Edward Ryle, longtime lobbyist for Arizona’s Catholic bishops, are scheduled for Thursday at St. Augustine’s Cathedral in Tucson.

About 400 people stood in a large Gilbert alfalfa field Wednesday to mark the building outline of what will be the town’s first full-service hospital.

Soha Ghanian is a high school senior at Horizon Community Learning Center in Ahwatukee Foothills. She is one of only three semifinalists representing the state of Arizona in the natural and international Siemens Science Competition. Her winning project involved using neural stem cells to treat EAE, an animal model of multiple sclerosis in transgenic mice.

Chandler resident Paul Haus from Chandler won an Audi A5 Cabriolet plus $14,000 cash in the Fall 2010 Health and Wealth Raffle, which benefits St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Center and Barrow Neurological Institute. A resident from Apache Junction won one of two grand prizes: His & Her Mercedes plus $37,000 or a cash option of $150,000. The winner wished to remain anonymous.

This past summer, David Krausman was diagnosed with a fast-growing brain tumor, one that threatened to take his life in just over a year. It was a diagnosis he wasn't willing to accept.

Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, was hospitalized after a mild stroke Monday.