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Dr. Marc Malek has been practicing for more than 12 years in the Valley of the Sun as a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Dr. Malek and his team at Dr. Marc Malek Plastic Surgery follows the motto, “In Every Body there is a Work of Art.” As a top plastic surgeon, Dr. Malek works with each patient to achieve enhanced results that complement his or her natural features. It’s no wonder he’s the best doctor for breast augmentation and breast implant revision in the Valley.

According to top rehabilitation facility research, the percentage of high school seniors who admitted to using Vicodin and Oxycontin at least once in the last year was 9.6 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively. It is common for opiate abuse to begin with these two substances.

Most of these young adults don’t have their use detected while on prescription drugs; yet, because of increased unavailability and exorbitant price (as much as $50 per pill), the natural segue is to move on to street heroin. This is an even uglier descent down the addiction ladder. We now have an epidemic of deaths linked to Fentynol-laced street...

We hear about nursing home abuse every time shocking footage of caregiver attacks and negligence surfaces on the nightly news, but according to the National Center on Elder Abuse as well as the Office of the Attorney General of Arizona, most cases of such abhorrent treatment of older peoples continues to rarely be reported to the authorities. The problem persists across the entire country but in states like ours where the elderly population exceeds 10 percent of the total, the need for increased exposure placed on these tragic incidents is more pressing. It’s an objective we can all agree to, but one which can only be met if we equally agree to take part in doing something about it.