Health

The voter-created First Things First program has started an Early Childhood Therapist Incentives Program to recruit nearly 200 medical practitioners to areas in need. Successful applicants receive a stipend and/or partial repayment of student loans in exchange for their agreement to serve in rural or underserved areas.

So, you have concluded that you need an objective perspective. You've recognized that your friends and family often tell you what they think you want to hear. Now the question is where can you go for guidance?

So, you have concluded that you need an objective perspective. You've recognized that your friends and family often tell you what they think you want to hear. Now the question is where can you go for guidance?

February 9, 2005

FLAGSTAFF - A judge has ruled that a 9-year-old eastern Arizona boy charged in a double homicide will be allowed to meet with a therapist.

Queen Creek resident and music therapist Corey E. Brown was indicted last week in the alleged abuse of two autistic children.

Jeaneen Duensing's voice is crisp and clear as she questions her preschoolers at Tempe's Getz School. She enunciates each new sound.

Mountain Vista Medical Center chose its initial staff of 320 from a mountain of more than 5,000 applications. The IASIS Healthcare hospital will open its doors late next month in far east Mesa.

Gilbert police announced Tuesday that they have arrested a massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting a female client. Lee Edward Wells Jr., 34, a masseur at Massage Envy at 865 N. Gilbert Road, has been booked into a Maricopa County jail on suspicion of sexual assault.

Seven years ago, Scottsdale psychotherapist Stacey Vornbrock tapped into a system she believes helps athletes clear mental, emotional, physical and mechanical blocks.

Seven years ago, Scottsdale psychotherapist Stacey Vornbrock tapped into a system she believes helps athletes clear mental, emotional, physical and mechanical blocks.

For more than five years, Karen Bustillo, 48, treated pilots, flight attendants and other employees at the physical therapy room at the former America West Airlines in Tempe.

A shortage of certified physical therapists in the Valley is directly affecting the medical needs of the young and elderly and causing rising health care costs for a growing number of patients.

A 57-year-old massage therapist arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault was able to convince two clients that his inappropriate touching was an accepted medical procedure, court records indicate.

Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday arrested a licensed massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting two East Valley women and abusing a third, officials said.