The use of horses in therapy, also known as hippotherapy, has been widely used as an effective treatment for people with cognitive or physical disabilities. AnnMarie DeGrace and Jolene Hugo, who teach riding at Talisman Farm in the northwest Las Vegas Valley, believe those with disabilities should not be limited to interacting with a horse for the sole purpose of therapy but rather also attain riding skills to be able to participate in an all-inclusive sport.
Nearly one-third of the state’s kindergarteners are overweight or obese, which could lead to more physical and academic obstacles in their future, according to researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
One might call Elizabeth Bailey-Smith a bionic woman. The northwest resident is the first reported American recipient of an osteointegration implant on her partially amputated right leg.
A federal judge has declined to reconsider a lawsuit alleging that officials at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas violated a patient’s civil rights by giving him a bus ticket to California upon discharge.
A top federal investigator said Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs is risking patients’ health by not fully addressing whistleblower complaints about the quality of care. The VA’s acting director responded by launching an agency review.
Pullups can be hard. I didn’t like them for a long time. I was never a gifted pullupper.
Miranda Wenske came to Las Vegas last summer to celebrate her birthday and wedding anniversary, not to try to kill herself.
It is never too early to start thinking about the future and all the issues that come with getting older.
State and federal lawmakers can expect to hear from a few constituents soon.
The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is “totally out of control,” according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says the medical group is stretched to the limit in responding.
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against Las Vegas attorney Robert Cottle in connection with comments he made last month at a news conference, a law firm representing the hospital announced
In a skeleton more than 6,200 years old, scientists have found the earliest known evidence of infection with a parasitic worm that now afflicts more than 200 million people worldwide.
A local law firm has filed a lawsuit seeking immediate help for sick patients who remain uninsured through the state’s health insurance exchange.
