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 […]

What’s behind the vaccine hesitancy? This presentation will provide an overview of health disparities research and findings. Discussions will focus on how health equity issues interact with social determinants of health, how they help inform decision-making, how and why these issues are important for providing community and workplace services. Presenter: Wendy Wolfersteig, Ph.D. Director, Office […]

Presentation description: Liver cancers can be prevented by treating the causes before the liver develops scarring of the liver or what is known as cirrhosis. Hepatitis B and C are the known commonly known causes of cirrhosis in the world, until recently. Another condition known as fatty liver disease—also known as metabolic associated fatty liver […]

What’s behind the vaccine hesitancy? Join this week’s webinar to understand why employees may be refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Sabrina Oesterle with Arizona’s Community Engagement Alliance against COVID-19 Disparities shares findings from a statewide focus group research effort conducted by Arizona State University’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center. Presenter: Dr. Sabrina Oesterle, Director, Southwest Interdisciplinary […]

Presentation Description:  In this session hosted by Arizona Community Engagement Alliance, we will discuss how to support the mental health of your employees in the workplace. Many are dealing with the death of a loved one, challenges of providing family care, self-care, anxiety, stress, isolation or grief due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenter:  […]