It wasn’t so long ago that meditation was seen as something on the fringes of health care but that is changing. Science has taken a deeper interest and there have been some unlikely proponents who see it as a way to focus the mind in a world full of endless distractions.
True or false: Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, everyone in Southern Nevada who wants it has health insurance.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
In a cab on the way to JFK airport, I was glued to my iPhone, per usual. Only this time, I wasn’t texting my friends, I was confiding in a therapist I had never met.
A patient admitted to a Connecticut hospital on Tuesday has been placed in isolation and is being monitored for possible Ebola infection after recently traveling from Liberia.
Chronic snorers might need to put aside their Breathe Right strips and schedule a doctor’s appointment. New research highlights health risks associated with snoring that often go unacknowledged.
The fast-spreading avian flu virus was confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, at a commercial egg-laying farm that housed a flock of 1.7 million chickens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.
In a ranking of the states drinking the most soda, Nevada came in third, just behind Tennessee and Mississippi, but why?
Kids who suffer a concussion worry about their academic skills in the weeks afterward, and older kids and those with more severe symptoms seem to worry the most.
HealthyBrains.org unveiled Tuesday will help users test their own brain health — including a grade between zero and 100 — plus get tips for how to improve their score.
Could puffing on an e-cigarette be the greatest thing to come along since sliced bread? Or are they just a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing?
Fitness vacations have ventured far from the fat farm. Today’s fit-focused travelers want to pair exercise with escapades and fitness with fun, whether it’s yoga among the sea turtles, bootcamp on the beach or a zumba cruise.
A strain of highly pathogenic H5 avian flu that had recently been found only in the Western United States has been confirmed in a backyard poultry flock in Indiana.
Indoor pools are closed at the Desert Breeze Aquatic Facility and the West Flamingo Senior Center. The Hollywood Aquatic Center and the Cora Coleman Senior Center are awaiting test results.
Swimmer’s ear is an infection of the outer ear canal, the portion of the ear canal that extends from the eardrum to the outside of the head. “We call it swimmer’s ear because a lot of swimmers get it from constant moisture in the ear,” says Helen Yang, a pediatrician with Sunshine Valley Pediatrics,. “If they swim all the time, it makes for an environment that bacteria like.”
