Dr. Staci McHale, an obstetrician-gynecologist with the Meadows Women’s Center and member of the Clark County Medical Society, takes a look at the state of the medicine and health care in Las Vegas.
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Dr. David Steinberg, managing partner of Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging, which has five imaging facilities in Las Vegas and Henderson, takes a look at the state of the medicine and health care in Las Vegas.
It was such a simple act, yet every time the pediatrician did it she managed to reinforce the notion that she had the best interests of my children at heart. Right after she entered the examination room, she washed her hands. Not all health care workers do.
It’s the beginning of a new year and you’re feeling the need to set some goals and give it the old college try.
Sadly, a few weeks later the once-top-priority goals become like those textbooks you lugged around campus, thrown aside or even exchanged for another endeavor. But this year is different. You’re going to stick to your goals..
Here’s a heaping helping of yuletide irony: Among the foods most often blamed for causing heartburn is peppermint. That’s right: If your Christmas traditions include downing a shot or two of Maalox to quell the fire in your belly, that innocent little candy cane just might be the culprit.
There are times when University Medical Center nurse Robin Parks wants to leave her patient’s room and howl in frustration.
“Some families just can’t handle the stigma of someone close to them having HIV, but pneumonia’s OK,” Parks says.
Stretching is one of the hardest things I do in my workouts. I don’t have the limber gene so I have to work on simple things to maintain my own flexibility. If I neglect proper stretching, my muscles tighten and stay sore longer.
WASHINGTON — A surge in young nurses may ease forecasts of coming shortages as their baby-boomer co-workers retire.
First, the good news: Surveillance shows that influenza activity remains low in Southern Nevada and throughout the state.
If your elbow hurts when you bend it, don’t bend it. This is the advice Dr. Daliah Wachs gives to a man who calls her radio show, “The Dr. Daliah Show” on KDWN-AM (720), complaining of abdominal pain after doing 200 sit-ups.
So now it’s come to this: We have to teach preschoolers that it’s good — and fun — to run and jump.
And, oh yes, we also must teach them to ask their parents if they can go out and play.
Rolled eyes and a sigh are often the response when I tell clients that we’re doing squats. They can be difficult and take lots of energy. I’m also a stickler for form, which means I’m constantly telling them to straighten a foot or watch the knees and back.