The Department earns the “Lifeline EMS Gold Achievement Award”
Obesity leads to health complications, like diabetes and heart disease. but there are many factors that contribute to increased obesity rates within the Hispanic population.
The health district partners with local barbershops to provide blood pressure screenings and information on heart health in an effort to reach African-American men, who have a high rate of heart disease.
The health district partners with local barbershops to provide blood pressure screenings and information on heart health in an effort to reach African-American men, who have a high rate of heart disease.
Baby Roman’s mother and his doctor talk about his medical condition. Roman was born Dec. 13, 2017 and has been at Sunrise Children Hospital with a rare heart condition since. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Three cups of coffee a day
keep the doctor away? Researchers from Southampton and Edinburgh universities said that drinking three cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of premature death, heart disease, liver disease, liver cancer and cirrhosis. The study confirms that pregnant women should not consume coffee as it could be harmful. Despite the positive outcomes of the study, the researchers warned that people should not start drinking coffee for health reasons, as their review included mainly observational data, and no firm conclusions could be drawn about cause and effect.