New family clinic for diabetics opens on Tucson's south side

Dr. Merri Pendergrass, an endocrinologist who has been working with diabetics for 25 years, talks about the examination rooms at the new diabetic treatment facility at the Family and Community Medicine Physician Offices. Pendergrass moved to Tucson a month ago to work in the facility. It is …

New family clinic for diabetics opens on Tucson's south side

Dr. Merri Pendergrass, an endocrinologist who has been working with diabetics for 25 years, talks about the examination rooms at the new diabetic treatment facility at the Family and Community Medicine Physician Offices. Pendergrass moved to Tucson a month ago to work in the facility. It is …

New family clinic for diabetics opens on Tucson's south side

With some help from Pima County, the University of Arizona Health Network opened joint clinics for families and people with diabetes on Tucson's south side this week. The county paid for the $2.1 million construction cost of the 22,000-square-foot Family and Community Medicine Physician Offi…

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Former Coke exec slams marketing by soda makers

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