Presenter: Matthew Wekell Matthew Wekell is a registered nurse serving in Care coordination/Case management for the last several years at Dignity Health. A graduate of Grand Canyon University with a nursing degree, he went on to complete his MBA at Arizona State University WPCarey School of Business with an emphasis in Health Sectors Management and Leadership. […]

    For more information, contact Irene Cassidy at: Telephone: (602)-359-4565 E-Mail: info@healthyazworksites.org

  About our speaker: Michael Carchedi, DO, is a faculty physician at the Dignity Health Medical Group Internal Medicine -St. Joseph’s Clinic.  Dr. Carchedi graduated, Summa Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Minor in Biology. Following graduation he worked as a critical care nurse for four years. He then went to […]

Presentation Description:  Diabetes is a complex, expensive, chronic illness requiring continuous medical care with multifactorial risk-reduction strategies beyond glycemic control. According to CDC report in 2020, 34.5% of all US adults had prediabetes and 26.9 million people of all ages, which is 8.2% of the US population—had been diagnosed diabetes. a. One in 10 adults […]

Presentation Description:  Register for this webinar to learn how precision cancer care and immunotherapy, one of the most promising new cancer treatments, can turn the power of the immune system against cancer cells. Join us to learn the what, why and how of precision medicine and immunotherapy. Immunotherapy can treat many different types of cancer. […]

Congratulations to all of the worksites that have put in the hard work to create healthier communities by creating healthy workplaces. We are so pleased to award over 120 worksites this year!   For more information, contact Irene Cassidy at: Telephone: (602)-359-4565 E-Mail: info@healthyazworksites.org

Presentation Description:  The COVID-19 pandemic upended everything and created experiences we could never have imagined. Work, home, school, leisure. It all impacts your social, professional, personal, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Many of us have experienced various stages of crises due to the emotional outcomes of enduring COVID-19. For some, it is a normal response for those affected to recall and […]

Presentation Description:  Remarkable creativity and scientific advances have led to doubling of the average life expectancy in a period of one century. This blessing comes with its challenges of aging associated with health problems such as dementia. Today, an 80-year old person who enjoys longevity may ask, “Are there specific steps I can take to […]

Presentation Description:  Chronic pelvic pain can show up as constipation, full bladder or feeling of a full bladder, sexual pain, pain during menustration, feeling the need to urinate frequently and more. Unfortunately, many women and men suffer from chronic pelvic pain, in fact upwards of 15 to 20 percent of people, ages 18 to 50. […]

Presentation Description:  Cancer prevention and early detection are central to the American Cancer Society’s mission to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer. Early detection of cancer through screening reduces mortality from cancers of the colon and rectum, breast, uterine cervix, and lung. Cancer mortality has declined in recent […]