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U.S. lawyers pursue dismissal

Lawyers for the federal government have asked a judge to throw out a challenge by Nevada and 19 other states to the health care overhaul law.

Cancer patients find new hope

A new therapy for men with advanced prostate cancer is the culmination of decades of research into harnessing the immune system to fight tumors, an approach that many researchers believe can also be used in treating other diseases, such as HIV.

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Firefighters, young burn victims pay tribute to UMC

On Friday, Robert Bishop Smith and two other boys who were treated by UMC’s burn unit — Brandon Moore, 16, and Weston Moon, 11 — were on hand as the Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation thanked members of the burn unit for their work with a picnic outside the hospital.

Nurse shares life-or-death moments

What Ellie Powell sees in her mind’s eye — a sobbing woman trying to deal with the decision of taking her mother off life support — causes her to wince, as though the memory pressed hard on a psychic bruise.

Nevada joins health reform lawsuit

Gov. Jim Gibbons on Friday aggressively defended his decision to involve Nevada in a controversial lawsuit aimed at blocking implementation of a major federal reform of the nation’s system of paying for health care.

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