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Health, wellness efforts earn Lunt, other schools national nod

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation recently honored 251 schools from 25 states for efforts to create a healthier environment for students. Clark County schools receiving recognition were Sewell and Lunt elementary schools and Northwest Career and Technical Academy.

Review-Journal begins series of Alzheimer’s stories

Alzheimer’s disease is a rising storm, threatening to not only steal the golden years from millions of Americans, but also cripple their loved ones emotionally and financially.

Support group looks to help those with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Northwest Las Vegas resident Virginia Mamone, 39, knows CMT all too well. Because of the confusing name, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, she tells people it is a neuromuscular disorder. She has had it for roughly 15 years. It began as a tingling in both of her little fingers.

Modern school nurses administer medicine, advice and hugs

Las Vegas Day School parent Barbara Gaughan was scared and nervous. Her son, John, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 6 years old, and needed shots all day long.

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