Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
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Computer exec Glenn Drawdy suffered a stroke during a trip to Las Vegas and is stuck her. But he considers himself to lucky to be betting help from therapist Nicola Gregory, whom he calls “Mrs. MacGyver.”
Have you ever neglected a major project so long that it became more complicated because you put it off?
That wasn’t so bad. When the state Insurance Division released the health-plan premiums that insurers have proposed for 2015, the numbers held a couple of surprises.
The health club industry slimmed down in the recession. But with unemployment falling and the housing market rising, the sector is bulking up again.
A billing dispute has cost enrollees in the state’s health insurance exchange access to Southern Nevada’s largest oncology practice.
Cleveland Clinic, best known in Southern Nevada for its work at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, ranked fourth nationally in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” survey released Tuesday. In Las Vegas, the center’s specialties in urology ranked No. 1 and neurology ranked No. 6.
The rate of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is falling in the United States and some other rich countries — good news about an epidemic that is still growing simply because more people are living to an old age, new studies show.
Reports showing a 99.6 percent failure rate for drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease fuel the debate over future care. Some even question whether doctors should be able to end Alzheimer’s patients’ lives.
Unexplained rash? Check your iPad. It turns out the popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of the most common allergy-inducing metals.
Who would have thought that a long piece of rope could be fun and exhausting?
As he walks through UMC’s Trauma and Burn Center, Gregg Fusto, the hospital’s chief nursing officer, points to where a trauma surgeon and a nurse massaged a dying teenage boy’s heart with their hands.
As a grinning 18-year-old Zachary MacKenzie walked across The Orleans stage recently to receive his diploma during Bonanza High School’s graduation, his proud mother remembered how she sobbed when she learned he’d go through life with half a heart — if he survived childbirth.
Local insurance broker Kirstine Sorenson has a simple plea: Make it stop.
Losing weight, quitting smoking and overcoming fears can be stressful. However, hypnotherapists Linda Shore and Juanita Curiel are determined to make it more relaxing.
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