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With every State of the City address, Vegas Mayor Goodman improves

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has delivered six State of the City speeches, and I’ve critiqued every one of them. No. 6, delivered Jan. 12, wasn’t brilliant, but clearly she’s improving.

Trail of controversy follows doctor to Las Vegas

Dr. Alfred Bonati, a 76-year-old orthopedic surgeon from Florida who has patented his minimally invasive surgical techniques used in back procedures, has opened a second facility in Las Vegas.

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Sandoval will determine fate of ESAs

Contrary to what you might have heard, Education Savings Accounts are not dead. They’re very much alive. And they’ll be back again this summer — if Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval wants it so.

To survive the hacking of a power grid, it’s time to stockpile food, water and medicine

Americans should stockpile food, water, medicine and other essentials of everyday life, according to Heather Murren, who recently was a member of a presidential commission on cybersecurity. The wife of Jim Murren, the chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, Murren says the nation’s power grid is vulnerable to cyber attack.

Yes, air travel can get much worse — if cellphone chatter is allowed

Air travelers already face shrinking seats, smaller bathrooms, fear of terrorism and outbursts of rage. A Department of Transportation proposal would create a new annoyance to drive us mad in a confined space: cellphone chatter.

Drug lightens wallets but won’t boost memory, doctor argues

Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, head of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, says patients and their loved ones, often asked about whether Prevagen can help with memory loss. He says the supplement, which has made tens of millions of dollars and is advertised night and day, has no effect on memory loss. He says the advertising is exploitive and takes advantage of desperate people.

 
The risks of government-funded pre-K

A mega corporation is using skewed research to sell its product to gullible parents. The conglomerate claims to help kids, but its product actually has no effect — or a negative effect — on children’s cognitive skills and social behaviors.

Beloved doctor Nicholas Vogelzang won’t stop fighting cancer

Rumors of Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang’s retirement turn out to be untrue. He is beloved by his patients and their families for his caring treatment — which includes giving his personal contact information to them.

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