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FDA gives approval to kidney-cancer drug

WASHINGTON — Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday after federal regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease.

UMC’s pediatric ICU earns top national rating

The University Medical Center pediatric intensive care unit is one of only five such units in the United States to earn the Consumer Reports’ top rating for preventing bloodstream infections.

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Not all women experience menopause the same way

Despite the traditional symptoms, not every woman experiences menopause in the same way. “It’s very, very individualistic,” says Dr. David Kartzinel , a Las Vegas obstetrician and gynecologist. Some patients experience extreme sleep loss and other signs of the change, “others go through it and don’t feel a thing.”

Total package: All-body routines can help you pass plateaus

Why work one muscle when you can work two? Why work two when you can work them all?
If you want to burn serious calories and wake up your routine, try throwing in a total body day or two by combining a few of your favorite exercises.

Experts at Las Vegas convention say technology improves hearing aids

There was a time when people may have had better results using an ear trumpet than a hearing aid. But those days are gone, says Brent Edwards, vice president for research at Starkey Labs. “Barriers to using hearing aids have gotten much better,” Edwards says.

Seeing the miracle of episodic analgesia

As Andrew Linn sat on a gurney with 4 inches to 6 inches of pole sticking out of his mouth and neck — the 2-inch-diameter metal had been driven through his mouth and out through his neck in a Las Vegas auto accident, he took out his phone and began to text his wife about what had happened.

Got muscular knots? Back tightness? Spring your traps

Have you ever slept wrong and woken up with a kink in your neck? The muscle that’s kinked is part of your trapezius. The more you know about your traps, the less of a pain in the neck they will be.

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