As the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for this weekend while forecasting a Sunday temperature –– 117 degrees –– that would tie the highest reading ever recorded in Southern Nevada, University Medical Center trauma and burn specialist Dr. Jay Coates issued his own warning: If you don’t want second-degree burns, don’t run across an asphalt parking lot or street barefoot.
MountainView Hospital will continue its emphasis on Medicare patients with the imminent completion of its $70 million new wing.
I remember as a kid watching the Disney version of “A Christmas Carol.” Goofy, representing the ghost of Jacob Marley, was doomed to wear heavy chains as punishment for his greedy ways during life. I recall thinking how difficult it would be to walk around with heavy chains all the time. Lesson learned, I tried to share my toys more and not be greedy.
He sits there day after day in the courtroom staring straight ahead through custom eyeglasses, his eyes wide, wide open.
As a nurse practitioner, Martha Drohobyczer performs a screening test for cervical cancer on a woman in a treatment room, another of her patients, Louisa Piccoli, waits to see her about hormonal therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms.
Doctors are reporting a major step toward an “artificial pancreas,” a device that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and automatically supply insulin as needed.
WASHINGTON — Huge list prices charged by hospitals are drawing increased attention, but a federal law meant to limit what the most financially vulnerable patients can be billed doesn’t seem to be making much difference.
Standing in the living room as her husband, Ryan, answers the doorbell, Alexandra Walsh cradles their 6-week-old son, Colin Alexander, in her arms, kissing him gently on one cheek and then nuzzling the other.
More than 88,000 Nevada residents will benefit from nearly $4 million in rebates from insurance companies this summer, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday.
TRENTON, N.J. — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.
Richard, a spirited 90-year-old with a life-limiting disease, is graduating from hospice after a recent hip fracture. Who knew people could graduate from hospice without dying? There is much more to hospice care than just the last few days of a person’s life.
If you’re reading this paper that means you got it off your driveway before it was incinerated by the sun. No doubt about it, summer is here. So let’s work on those beach muscles: biceps, triceps and abs.
It eats at Dr. Michael Casey when someone with minor injuries dies, seemingly giving up the will to live.
HealthCare Partners Nevada, one of the largest medical practices operators in Southern Nevada, has branched into oncology with the acquisition of Nevada Cancer Centers announced on Thursday.
