Scottsdale began testing for potential trace pharmaceuticals entering the city’s water supply at least three years ago, and began looking for a consultant to develop treatment options three days before an Associated Press investigation thrust the issue into the national spotlight.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given special status to a drug in development at the University of Arizona that researchers say offers hope for a valley fever cure.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given special status to a drug in development at the University of Arizona that researchers say offers hope for a valley fever cure.

Welfare recipients would need to be tested for illegal drugs — and come up clean — if they want to receive continued benefits under the terms of one bill designed to balance the state budget.

Gov. Janet Napolitano is rolling out a comprehensive new discount drug program for seniors today -- one specifically designed to be not just cheaper than the existing state program but better in some ways than what Medicare plans to offer.

A leading global pharmaceutical research company has plans to build a research facility in Chandler, though company officials say they don’t know when the expansion might happen.

A leading global pharmaceutical research company has plans to build a research facility in Chandler, though company officials say they don’t know when the expansion might happen.

NOGALES - U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agents executing simultaneous raids discovered a recently completed smuggling tunnel linking the two countries, officials said Friday.

WASHINGTON - The government is considering setting higher standards for birth control drugs used by millions, saying that newer pills appear to be less effective at preventing pregnancy than those approved decades ago.

Frank Scarpati got tired of seeing women go through his Community Bridges detox program two or three times during their pregnancies.

July 8, 2004

HARTFORD, Conn. - Seniors on Medicare are about to be swamped with choices as the federal government enacts a massive prescription drug program and health insurers begin battling to sign up customers across the country.

 LONDON (AP) — The competition on the track, in the pool and on the playing fields won’t be the only place where medals are won and lost at the Beijing Games.

Arizona State University officials say a merger between a Tempe company known for its high powered telescopes and a corporation that is a world leader in scientific test and measurement equipment is the best example yet of how its BioDesign Institute can transfer research into the marketplace.

The Arizona Drug Card Program said it selected Fry’s Food and Drug Stores to help distribute cards to help the uninsured afford prescription medications.

Arizona law bans marijuana, cocaine and heroin.

We all know that music can alter your mood. Sad songs can make you cry. Upbeat songs may give you an energy boost. But can music create the same effects as illegal drugs?

NEW YORK - Shares of Scottsdale-based Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., which makes skin medications, fell sharply to a new annual low after Impax Laboratories challenged a patent for its Solodyn drug for the treatment of acne.

A new cancer drug being tested at Scottsdale Healthcare is the latest weapon medical researchers are using in their fight against ovarian cancer.

Prosecutors and police throughout the Valley are continuing to push back against the war on synthetic drugs.

Larry Glass, 72, understands the continued confusion over the new Medicare prescription drug plan that became effective Jan. 1.

Larry Glass, 72, understands the continued confusion over the new Medicare prescription drug plan that became effective Jan. 1.