The residency program at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno ranked at the top of a recent list by Washington Monthly magazine. About 54 percent of UNR’s grads between 2006 and 2008 became primary care physicians.
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It’s as predictable as flu season itself.
It’s probably safe to say that some of us have already broken our New Year’s resolutions.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman struck out Thursday with a third self-indulgent speech that sometimes sounded like she was reading the back of a cereal box and sometimes made little sense but contained plenty of jokes and plenty of shout-outs to people in the audience.
Larry Brown wasn’t sure Friday whether he had four votes from his fellow Clark County commissioners to become the new general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District. By Monday, he knew he did not.
When John Entsminger met with six Clark County commissioners to ask for their support and name him to replace water czarina Pat Mulroy, the question he was asked most often was: “Are you tough enough?”
As Elizabeth Trujillo and I spoke late last year, I wondered how many more Americans would end up like her — unable to receive needed medical care until it was basically too late.
Cohorts of Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown may vote to give him another job Tuesday. But they probably won’t.
Bought my new paper calendar, opting for an artistic look at birds from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and am starting to pack it with important dates. Friends’ birthdays. Homeowners association board meetings. Standing hair appointments that are sacrosanct.
The holidays are here, and with them come predictable traditions.
There are, however, many roads and lanes that will be inaccessible for valley residents and visitors soon. That would be thanks to New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas, which is a pretty big annual production. What’s important to remember: avoid the Strip in your car.
A daunting, even dismaying thought: All Clark County voters will be faced with selecting 54 countywide or statewide judgeships next year.
Two or three times a year since 1998, Philip Pro has received a James Bondish call, usually on short notice. Would he like to go overseas, often to countries many of us cannot spell or pronounce? If he can, he does, usually for about a week.
When you live in Las Vegas and think about health care, it’s often too easy at the end of the year to find something negative to focus on — a hepatitis outbreak caused by medical professionals not following basic precautions, a TB outbreak caused for the same reason.