Why would a doctor order a colonoscopy just seven years after a previous one, when guidelines say every 10 years is fine? Because guidelines are just that, and what’s best for one patient isn’t necessary best for another.
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The California Department of Public Health sent out the latest numbers Friday of confirmed cases since December and while the total is still small, the jump was a startling 54% in just more than a week.
It’s the weekend, and you find yourself in need of medical attention. It could be a swollen ankle, fever or an allergic reaction. Should you head to the emergency room or urgent care center? In order to receive the proper care and potentially save a life, people must understand the difference between the emergency room and urgent care centers.
The U.S. government’s plan to analyze genetic information from more than 1 million volunteers to understand human disease and develop targeted treatments was welcomed Friday by Southern Nevada medical researchers, providers and public health officials.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
School officials at a San Francisco Bay area district publicly responded to a call from the father of a 6-year-old boy with weakened immunity to close the door to students at his child’s school if their families opted out of vaccinations because of personal beliefs.
The Successful Aging Expo Las Vegas, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Cashman Center, is designed to give people the best tips to age successfully, with more than 40 seminars.
Gone are the days where our physician would prescribe medications for cholesterol levels greater than 100. Newly released guidelines by the two major American heart societies are now stating that bad cholesterol levels “are nothing but a number.” Let’s take a closer look at what this may mean to you.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has evolved from a therapeutic curiosity into a standard mode of care for conditions ranging from diabetic ulcers and hard-to-heal-wounds to carbon monoxide poisoning to complications from radiation therapy.
Given that the flu vaccine we have this season isn’t quite as effective against the flu as we might have hoped, here are some tips for coping should you fall victim to it.
Sign-ups have mostly run smoothly in the current open-enrollment session, but some of Nevada’s most vulnerable citizens still face issues getting covered.
Personnel changes are under way at the state’s health insurance exchange.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
Parents and staff of a Las Vegas Valley school are being asked to review their immunization status and to have their children or themselves vaccinated because they might have been exposed to someone with an infectious case of measles, the Southern Nevada Health District said Thursday.
When Air Force veteran Merle Voight was diagnosed with breast cancer early last year, the 49-year-old was in shock. The former nurse recalled working on the oncology floor, seeing chemotherapy patients vomit as they also lost weight and most of their hair. That image frightened her, but a Non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical care program helped turn a scary event into one of hope.
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