Health

Juggling multiple responsibilities is hard, and maintaining your mental health through it all is even harder. With so much on our plates, it’s easy to neglect ourselves and forget to set aside time to breathe. Here are some tips to implement self-care tactics into your everyday life.

Banner Health has launched Banner Innovation Group (BIG) to unearth and evaluate innovative ideas, move valuable opportunities forward and scale measurable results. The program merges two existing groups: the innovation and digital business leadership teams and their “imaginariums,” or incubators designed for testing and implementing ideas.

Walgreens has joined The Skin Cancer Foundation on the road this year in support of its Destination: Healthy Skin Program – a national effort to educate consumers about the importance of effective sun protection for skin cancer prevention and the importance of early detection.

Richard Gray, MD, has been appointed CEO of the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Gray is deeply involved in the education of physicians in training, practicing physicians and the public. In addition to being a patient education champion, he’s been recognized as an esteemed educator, including his selection as Mayo Clinic Distinguished Educator of the Year in 2013.

Animal-assisted therapy helps lower cortisol levels, reduce blood pressure and heart rate, ease anxiety and increase endorphins. As such, therapy dogs have been used at multiple Jewish Family & Children’s Service healthcare centers since 2017.

Comprehensive programs designed to enhance the quality of life for adults in Arizona with developmental disabilities are having a positive impact across the state.

About 50% of patients with chronic conditions sometimes fail to take their medication as prescribed. This can lead to higher rates of hospital admissions, poorer health outcomes and increased healthcare costs.

Creative benefits options, including virtual healthcare, are an emerging trend that small businesses in Arizona are using to help meet the needs of their workforce.

Arizona-based nonprofit Esperança is dedicated to improving health and restoring hope for families living among the poorest communities worldwide. Although the organization is widely known for medical missions abroad, it also runs Phoenix health programs.