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By Penny Bowen, M.D., EVDI Medical Imaging

With the Arizona springtime on the horizon, more and more kids are taking their playtime outside. Everywhere you look kids are riding their bicycles, scooters or skateboards and enjoying the beautiful weather. Unfortunately, this is also prime time for falls, tumbles and slips. Did you know toy-related injuries are on the rise, and ride-on toys result in the highest number of toy-related injuries among kids?

According to a recent study by the Clinical Pediatrics, ER visits resulting from toy-related injuries increased 40 percent from 1990 to 2011...

Arizona Foothills Magazine and Azfoothills.com are proud to support local students and young entreprunuers in our valley who are out to make a difference. Here is a personal encounter and letter from Desert Mountain sophomore, Aakanksha Saxena, the Founder and Director of Literacy Spree, a 501C3 non-profit organization to raise funds and sponsor educational programs for underprivileged students in America and beyond. We ask that you kindfully and mindfully seek to support these local young heros in any way that you are able. 

"It was July 2009, I had...

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The social media site, pinterest has quickly dominated the mom scene. Nearly every mom pins. Do you pin? I pin. But the next question, the million-dollar question, is how many of us actually use pinterest as an inspiration for crafting and creating? There’s recent data that says social sites like pinterest make women feel inadequate because aspects of their life are not pin-worthy. For the last two years, I have used pinterest for ideas for both my baby showers, nursery and now in planning a birthday bash worthy of a princess, but these pins have produced anxious party planners and require a larger birthday budget. However, my one pinterest endeavor was a disappointing flop.

The truth is, the awesome things on pinterest...