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
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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.
Under pressure from Congress, celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz on Tuesday offered to help “drain the swamp” of unscrupulous marketers using his name to peddle so-called miracle pills and cure-alls to millions of Americans desperate to lose weight.
Your money or your life? Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000.
You could be forgiven for thinking you’ve walked into the wrong building the first time you visit Turntable Health. The waiting room is open and inviting, flooded with natural light and filled with comfortable chairs. There is also a decided lack of ancient gossip magazines.
An eye care mobile unit, that will provide free services to low-income and underserved children in Southern Nevada, was unveiled Tuesday morning at Martinez Elementary School in North Las Vegas.
A candidate for the top job at Nevada’s troubled health insurance exchange is the target in a lawsuit over delinquent debts.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday afternoon announced he has directed for immediate action to be taken on five recommendations that will help improve the state’s struggling mental health system on the short-term. The improvements will cost an estimated $3.5 million.
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University are working on a “bionic pancreas” to free some people with diabetes from the daily ordeal of managing their disease.
Ladies, here’s the upshot: Kick back, relax, chill out, chillax (as the kids say). Gentlemen, that’s sage advice for you, too, but it’s particularly urgent for women who should take it to heart — for the sake of their hearts.
What 18-year-old Leah Goldberg was going through — trying to overcome the deadliest brain cancer known to man — hit 60-year-old retired Army Lt. Col. Todd Sain hard.
The city of Henderson is taking a different path toward licensing medical marijuana facilities, letting the state decide who is best qualified to operate dispensaries before applicants go before the City Council.
May was Stroke Awareness Month, but a stroke can strike at any time. According to the American Stroke Association, someone in the U.S. has a stroke roughly every 40 seconds, and about every four minutes, someone dies from a stroke.
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