The confirmation Thursday that an Arizona patient had been infected with enterovirus D68 leaves Nevada as the only state in the lower 48 without a confirmed case of the pathogen, which has caused a national wave of severe respiratory illnesses.
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Dr. Dale Carrison, chief of staff of University Medical Center, and Dr. Joseph Iser, chief medical officer of the Southern Nevada Health District, are the Las Vegas area members of a task force charged with planning for the possibility of a person with the Ebola virus coming to Nevada, state Department of Health and Human Services officials announced Wednesday.
A Bulgarian man who was paralyzed from the chest down in a knife attack can now walk with the aid of a frame after receiving pioneering transplant treatment using cells from his nose.
Spinach has been made famous by the rough-around-the-edges Popeye the Sailor Man. So much so, that we often forget about his counterpart “Olive Oyl.” Let’s take a moment to shine the spotlight back on olives. After all, behind every strong man, there is a great woman.
Some Southern Nevada doctors are prescribing different drugs to meet their patients’ need for pain relief after federal officials changed the classification of a widely prescribed medication.
Weeks of worry about Ebola infection ended on Monday for several dozen people who came off watch lists in the United States, but more than 260 others were still being monitored for symptoms.
Most people go indoors to escape the Las Vegas triple-digit temperatures. Some people go indoors to exercise in triple digits. They are devotees of hot yoga and hot Pilates, where the room temperature is cranked up, and the humidity is increased.
For more than 2,000 years, Dr. Sae Eun Lee says, people have been practicing some form of Chinese medicine with success.
Sure, you can go with goji berries, or ask for acai. But there’s one superfood that’s way more familiar, and that’s the blueberry.
They could put off the inevitable for only so long. Now, locals who renewed health insurance early in 2013 to delay complying with mandates in the Affordable Care Act are feeling the effects of the law.
An advisory task force to oversee Nevada’s preparations for Ebola is being organized to ensure plans are in place to contain the deadly virus in the event of an exposure in the state, Nevada Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tracey Green said Friday.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
Las Vegas HEALS has honored six physicians, including Dr. J.D. McCourt, recognized for a new protocol he developed for ER patients needing dialysis.
Health officials are investigating whether a potent virus that has infected hundreds of children nationwide killed a 6-year-old boy in Arizona, officials said on Wednesday, adding that it would take more than a week to get an answer.
A class of 10 people listens intently to registered dietitian Karen Petersen as she demonstrates how to cook red lentils and Caribbean coconut red beans. She briefly explains the African origins of the dishes in an effort to connect participants to their traditional food.
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