When longtime Las Vegan Armand “Papa Joe” Chevalier had his syndicated sports talk radio show on the Sporting News Radio network, he became known for “Bite Me Wednesday.” On this day, listeners were encouraged to call in on the 800 number and vent on somebody or something in sports, then finish their rant with that two-word interjection.
The Nevada Cancer Institute — trying to manage $100 million in debt — on Friday laid off half of its 300-member staff. Researchers, doctors, nurses, administrative staff — no sector of the Summerlin institute will be unaffected, according to the nonprofit institute’s co-founder, Heather Murren.
A developer Thursday unveiled plans for a $1.5 billion Henderson “health village” to include a new St. Rose hospital.
The master plan for the Union Village project calls for medical, residential, entertainment, cultural arts and specialty retail space, as well as a senior retirement community, on 171 acres east of U.S. Highway 95 and Galleria Drive.
WASHINGTON — A health care advocacy group sounded a warning Thursday for Nevada, saying a plan to convert Medicaid into state block grants would lead to $6.9 billion in cuts to the Silver State over the next decade.
After the arrest of Dr. Richard Teh last month on a murder charge for prescribing drugs to a patient who subsequently died, Dr. William Van Tobel sent an incensed email to fellow physicians in the Las Vegas Valley. “It is not just Richard Teh on trial for murder. We are all on trial,” he wrote.
The number of people registering for the Nevada Medical Marijuana Program is skyrocketing as federal and local law enforcement raid storefronts for allegedly distributing cannabis illegally. A proposal pending in the 2011 Nevada Legislature is drawing support and criticism on the still-taboo subject.
WASHINGTON — For the first time, women’s death rates from lung cancer are dropping, possibly a turning point in the smoking-fueled epidemic. Lung cancer remains the nation’s, and the world’s, leading cancer killer.
A letter sent by Dr. Lawrence Newman to 150 of his patients takes “complete responsibility” for putting them at risk for HIV and hepatitis because of his breach of infection control.
