The Nevada Cancer Institute Foundation has suspended its fundraising activities after the University of California San Diego announced last week that it would shut the clinical practice on Jan. 31, with no substitute provider.
In 2003, the Clark County public defender’s office, particularly the juvenile division, was a disgrace. Understaffed and underfunded, if you were poor and needed legal help, an independent study said the office wasn’t providing quality representation, and had not been for years.
As holiday entertainment goes, it makes those wooden cup-and-ball toys look like an iPad.
If you’re opening a show with an unconventional premise at midnight on one of the slowest weekends of the year, it’s good to have the Mayan apocalypse as a backup plan.
Vitamin A deficiency is a health concern affecting millions of children worldwide, and it is a major underlying cause of child mortality and blindness.
We live in a visual age, consuming thousands of images every day via a range of devices that allow us to access the Internet and its vast resources quickly and easily. Just as with virtually every other aspect of our lives, journalism has also evolved to keep pace with our increasingly visual world.
Nearly 66 million people, or 29 percent of the U.S. adult population, are providing care to someone who is ill, disabled or aged, according to the National Center for Caregiving. And, according to AARP, 61 percent of family caregivers who are 50-plus also work either full-time or part-time. How can busy caregivers gain peace of mind that their family member is happy and safe while they���re working? There are easy home updates to help improve the safety and security of their living space.
The majority of Americans support continuing the Social Security program, even if they are decades away from drawing benefits, a 2010 survey by AARP found. Nevertheless, with the program���s future financial viability an ongoing subject of political debate, many people may undervalue the role Social Security can play in their retirement planning.