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Doctors defend colleague arrested on murder charge

After the arrest of Dr. Richard Teh last month on a murder charge for prescribing drugs to a patient who subsequently died, Dr. William Van Tobel sent an incensed email to fellow physicians in the Las Vegas Valley. “It is not just Richard Teh on trial for murder. We are all on trial,” he wrote.

Las Vegas marijuana co-operatives face legal hurdles

The number of people registering for the Nevada Medical Marijuana Program is skyrocketing as federal and local law enforcement raid storefronts for allegedly distributing cannabis illegally. A proposal pending in the 2011 Nevada Legislature is drawing support and criticism on the still-taboo subject.

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Death rate for lung cancer among women declines

WASHINGTON — For the first time, women’s death rates from lung cancer are dropping, possibly a turning point in the smoking-fueled epidemic. Lung cancer remains the nation’s, and the world’s, leading cancer killer.

Doctor apologizes to patients in reused needle case

A letter sent by Dr. Lawrence Newman to 150 of his patients takes “complete responsibility” for putting them at risk for HIV and hepatitis because of his breach of infection control.

FDA allows some reprocessing of single-use medical devices

The recent advertisement supporting Dr. Michael Kaplan — the Las Vegas Valley urologist whose medical license was suspended for reusing single-use needle guides — sheds a faint light on a little-known truth. Although a medical device is labeled single-use only, it might have been used before.

Input sought on health insurance exchange plan

Residents and business owners who want a say in how Nevada will enact provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a chance to speak up several times in the coming weeks.

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