The health rankings released this week showing how Clark County compares with the rest of the state make up only a small part of the picture as public health officials gather data for the ongoing community health assessment.
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From dust masks to over-the-counter medications and specialized shots, people have many weapons to wield against the army of pollen unleashed in spring.
Eyeliner applied on the inside of the lash line is very likely to move into the eye itself and cause symptoms, according to a small study that captured migrating makeup on video.
Mothers who are overweight before pregnancy and those who gain too much while pregnant are more likely to have obese seven-year-olds, researchers say.
The White House is due to issue an ambitious plan to slow the growing and deadly problem of antibiotic resistance over the next five years, one that requires massive investments and policy changes from a broad array of U.S. government health agencies, according to a copy of the report reviewed by Reuters.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
View explores centers and nonprofits dedicated to servicing residents with vision impairment.
Excess feelings of loneliness have been shown to shorten your lifespan and weaken your immune system. But a new study published by the Association for Psychological Science puts a new spin on how we understand loneliness.
Depression is typically associated with sadness and crying. However, in males, it manifests as anger, irritability, and aggression. Consequently, women are more likely to be diagnosed, and as a result, successfully treated for it. But in reality it affects men almost equally.
The 2015 County Health Rankings by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. allow each state to see how its counties compare on 30 factors that affect health.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state.
Loud noises can cause hearing loss and ringing in the ears. But ringing in the ears, or tinnitus, also can be associated with a number of other conditions, from aging to tumors.
Developing countries are pumping livestock full of antibiotics at such a startling rate that they are dramatically increasing the risk of creating drug-resistant “super bugs”, scientists warned on Monday.
The radiologist is the doctor patients don’t usually see, but his or her work behind the scenes can make a major difference in the diagnosis of a disease. And technological advances mean radiologists can learn more about patients than ever before.
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