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Seeking answers, finding only fog

This past week, I received a phone call from a man who wanted to know if what he read on the Summerlin Hospital website from its CEO Robert Freymuller was true.

Mother enjoys life, prays for best while dealing with breast cancer

The Bible verse from Philippians frequently comes to the lips of 29-year-old Elizabeth Trujillo when she is alone, when the fear of leaving her three children without a mother grows inside her and nearly causes her heart to break.

 
CDC gives self good, bad marks on 7 ‘winnable battles’

About three years ago, the nation’s top public health agency picked its battles. Now, it’s issuing its own report card on reaching those goals: Pretty good but needs improvement.

Nutty conclusion? Not just a healthy snack, but a way to longer life

Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease — in fact, were less likely to die of any cause — during a 30-year Harvard study.

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Obama’s grasp of flaws in health care website debated

President Barack Obama, who has portrayed himself as surprised by technical problems with the government’s new health care website, was briefed earlier this year on a consultant’s report that warned of possible widespread site failures, White House officials said Tuesday.

Research finds kids slowed down over past 30 years

Today’s kids can’t keep up with their parents. An analysis of studies on millions of children around the world finds they don’t run as fast or as far as their parents did when they were young.

State officials investigating abrupt closure of KE Medical Group

Dangerous drugs left in the offices of the KE Medical Group that abruptly closed earlier this month — leaving hundreds of patients without health care — have been confiscated by state authorities, according to Doug Cooper, executive director of the Nevada State Medical Board.

Planning for end a gift to family

A ventilator kept my father alive. His heart couldn’t do its job.

Blood donations important during holidays as levels drop

“Thirteen Bloody Days of Christmas” aren’t usually what tourists have on their minds while cramming themselves into tight Las Vegas spots during the holidays. But the flow of the local blood supply can be a matter of life or death.

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