Did you know that brushing your teeth can have a domino effect on many aspects of your overall health and wellness? Doctors have found that a person’s dental health is a telling indicator about the person’s overall health, and dental problems can impact other areas of the body.
Pregnancy and motherhood has been found to permanently alter a woman’s brains, specifically how it and the body may react to future treatments or hormones later in life, a recent study says.
Turns out the health benefits are pretty much nonexistent for ating one’s own placenta — a trend that has gained popularity over the past few years.
Medicine might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of services provided by a concierge, especially in Las Vegas where the right people can open the ritziest doors and lift the most exclusive velvet ropes.
The women gather for an exercise program that enables mothers to interact with their children while getting fit.
A home blood-pressure monitor can be a great aid to staying healthy. But knowing what monitor to buy, and then knowing how to use it properly, takes a little homework.
Nevada continues to lag in moving mentally ill offenders ordered by the court into its only maximum-security psychiatric facility, resulting in backlogs at jails in Washoe and Clark counties.
The water system at the Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City has been cleansed after tests revealed the presence of legionella, the bacterium that causes the pneumonia-like symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease, according to the Nevada Department of Veterans Services.
A man who suffered from a rare form of cancer has received a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors in Texas said.
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Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
People who work desk-based jobs should aim to stand and do light activity for a total of four hours throughout the day, according to an international panel of experts.
The California Senate voted on Tuesday to raise the legal smoking age in the most populous U.S. state to 21 from 18, in a move that could make California one of the states with the highest smoking age.
We have learned that stress has more effects than previously thought. In addition to increasing our risk for heart disease, hypertension and stroke, it can also lead to obesity and the myriad of conditions that accompany an increase in weight.
