By DALE QUINN The Pima Medical Institute has launched a nursing program to help relieve a nurse shortage in the area. The program, which has room for slightly more than 30 students, is currently accepting enrollment, said program director Jeannine Hayduk. Classes will begin Oct. 31, she said.

By DALE QUINN LIFESAVING FACILITIES When Albert J. More noticed a pulsing pressure on the left side of his chest one morning last August, he didn't want to go to the hospital at first. He questioned whether he was being a hypochondriac. "What I felt was just like a pressure," he said.

By DALE QUINN Companies asking workers to share burden The skyrocketing cost of health care is increasing conflict between employers and unions, and as costs continue to rise, the tensions likely will too.

By DALE QUINN Rural-care boost comes with 16 docs in training University Physicians Healthcare Hospital at Kino Campus has 16 new doctors in training who will focus on community-based medicine and increasing health-care services in rural Southern Arizona.

By Dale Quinn, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jul. 4--A company that makes manufacturing controls and test products used by computer-chip makers plans to close its Tucson facility and consolidate operations at its headquarters in Milpitas, Calif., and in Singapore.