Las Vegas doctors prepare for flu season
 
Las Vegas doctors prepare for flu season

Doctors are able to gauge what our flu season might look like, based on how bad the flu season was in the southern hemisphere. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)

Syphilis Awareness Day
 
Syphilis Awareness Day

Dr. Joe Iser, District Health Officer of the Southern Nevada Health District, discusses the effects and issues with syphilis in the Las Vegas community on April 16, 2019. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

How Paddock’s anti-anxiety meds work
 
How Paddock’s anti-anxiety meds work

Chief Medical Officer of the Las Vegas Recovery Center, Dr. Mel Pohl, sits down with the Review-Journal to describe the side effects of an anti-anxiety medication called diazepam. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV med students get hands on surgery experience
 
UNLV med students get hands on surgery experience

Using a virtual surgery simulator, University of Nevada Las Vegas medical students get real-time surgery experience without having to step into the operating room (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Can marijuana be used during pregnancy?
 
Can marijuana be used during pregnancy?

Dr. Annette Mayes counsels pregnant women against marijuana use until the medical community knows more about its effects on unborn babies.