International drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals will pay more than a quarter billion dollars to settle most of the lawsuits arising from Southern Nevada’s hepatitis C outbreak, closing a major chapter in the long legal battle for patients infected with the life-changing disease.
Here’s a message that doesn’t resonate with many adults: Washing your hands is important. In addition to not washing their hands at all, experts say, many people don’t wash them properly.
Do you have a guess what is behind the government’s push for electronic medical records? Easier access fpr doctors and patients? Better care? Nice guesses. It is lousy handwriting, according to many doctors, that is actually behind the push.
Revisiting basic exercises with a critical eye can help identify faults in your form. Last week we looked at the push-up. This week, we discuss pull-ups and chin-ups, which work a majority of the muscles in the back.
A doctor at the Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada — and one who is on the way there — have collaborated on a research paper that was published in the January issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Celebrities, entertainers and athletes from all walks of life converged upon the MGM Grand Garden on Saturday to pay tribute to “The Greatest.” Muhammad Ali is one of the only people who can draw such a diverse crowd.
Can we unlock the mysteries of the brain that cause the kind of Alzheimer’s terror that causes so much suffering? The clinicians at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas say we can.
After six months of studying Dr. Dipak Desai as he lived in a nuthouse in Sparks, three of the state’s best shrinks recently concluded, in effect, that he knows the difference between an outhouse and a courthouse, that he remains competent enough to tell his lawyer, Richard Wright, to keep stalling so he doesn’t go to trial.
The basic push-up is a pretty easy exercise. It’s also an effective one, especially when done properly.
Push-ups are a great measure of strength and make a good addition to your favorite exercise circuit.
