Obamacare is beginning to affect retirees in subtle ways, according to two new studies.
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Upside: You, baby boomer parent, and your teenager may finally have something in common.
The dead man who was brought back to life wasn’t pleased.
As scandals swirl around the Department of Veterans Affairs and investigators look for evidence of cover-ups and cooking the books at 26 VA medical facilities nationwide, morale has slumped in one office at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center. Quarrels involving a North Las Vegas VA Medical Center staff member and volunteers with the Voluntary Services chief have erupted into profanity-laced exchanges, physical threats and allegations of fudging donation reports.
More veterans are being allowed to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics in an effort to improve their treatment following allegations of falsified records and delays in treatment.
New York City health officials found three unreported outbreaks of food poisoning by sifting through nearly 300,000 reviews on the popular website, Yelp.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
Nevada Gaming Commission soundly rejects pleas to allow gaming license holders to also have holdings in legal medical marijuana
A Japanese pharmaceutical company prevailed Thursday in a Las Vegas case involving two women who claimed the diabetes drug Actos caused them to develop bladder cancer.
The Southern Nevada branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs says it does not believe it is a target of misconduct investigations taking place across the country, and lawmakers from Nevada say they have not been told otherwise.
Actos has been used for years to reduce blood-sugar levels in patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes, a lawyer for the drug’s manufacturer said Tuesday. It was the second and final day of closing arguments in a Las Vegas trial that began three months ago against Japanese company Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Most people can remember being forced to sit at the table as children until all the food was gone from their plate. As adults, some may still dread eating certain foods because of the experience.
Have you ever seen something that just doesn’t make sense? Like referring to a 5-year-old as being 60 months old? Or maybe it’s so obviously wrong that it kind of hurt your eyes. Like a 2-by-4 wooden car spoiler.
When Dr. Jim Preddy recalls the night he was called to the scene of his 43-year-old mother’s suicide in 1997, he always remembers how he stood outside the house where his mother took her own life and talked with a stranger for hours.
If, God forbid, you come down with cancer, pray your case is handled in the same manner as Maria Shaffer’s.
