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Leukemia movies omit final scenes

The Hollywood treatment of a childhood bout with leukemia, one that makes your tears flow in the movie theater or living room, often involves a seriously ill boy or girl whose wise physician uses all the therapies at his command to bring the youngster back to cheerful good health.

African-American Las Vegas dentist thrives with personal touch

Had he seen a photograph of Dr. Greg Edwards beforehand, Christopher Chase Cripps admits he probably wouldn’t have shown up at the African-American dentist’s office in Las Vegas for emergency treatment of toothaches.

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Scale the Strat a big event for lung association

Rule No. 1 for running up 1,455 stairs — that’s 108 flights — as fast as humanly possible: Respect the stairs. Rule No. 2: Pace yourself.

Cleveland Clinic to offer urology services

Cleveland Clinic, recognized as having the nation’s top heart and urologic programs and well-known to Southern Nevadans and Alzheimer’s disease researchers for its operation of the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, will start offering urology services in Las Vegas in mid-April.

Scientists aim to continue work after Nevada Cancer Institute’s closure

Today, Giuseppe Pizzorno is a research professor with the Desert Research Institute. But the pharmacologist with a background in researching anti-cancer molecules came to Nevada in 2002 with the hopes of building a world-class cancer treatment and research facility at the Nevada Cancer Institute. When the cancer institute’s troubles came to a head in recent years, there were some, including Pizzorno, who didn’t want to consider the worst possible scenario — a complete closure of the site and hard-fought research dollars leaving the state. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what did happen.

With practice, stability ball can become part of room decor

You know you love your stability ball when it becomes a functional part of your living room decor. You may even have one to replace your computer chair. My 6-month-old likes it better than the rocking chair for falling asleep. 

From food to pheromones, lovers still search for secrets to attraction

To be or not to be smitten? To try to ensure the man of her dreams went gaga over her so he’d never even ask that question on Valentine’s Day or any other day, a woman in Shakespeare’s England used what was then considered the best aphrodisiac –– the aroma of her armpit.

Wearing gloves shouldn’t be optional

Dr. Farolyn McSweeney, the president of the Nevada State Board of Oriental Medicine, likes to tell people “you can never be too careful” when it comes to the possible spread of infections.

Muevete Bailando class helps Latinos get active, fight diabetes

When a working single mother of three prepares dinner, it can come with plastic toys in a paper bag more days out of the week than she’d like to admit. That’s part of the reason Martha Sotelo, 39, has come to the Nevada Alliance Against Diabetes this Thursday night.

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