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Mental illness treatments in Nevada: Doctors focus on full-body wellness

When mental health symptoms become too severe to handle, medication is normally an option. By teaming up with doctors and pharmacists, people may find the right treatments, but is there anything they should be aware of before turning to medication?

Las Vegas-area Camp Mend-A-Heart offers fun for kids with heart defects

Sam Mazza looks forward to one thing every year: summer camp. Mazza, 15, has been going to the same camp, Camp Mend-A-Heart, since she was 9 because it’s the only camp that she and her family can trust to keep her safe.

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Diabetes camp helps youths deal with their disease

Summer camp for most youths is about games and sports in the great outdoors and making new friends. Camp Vegas took that model and simply added designated times to check one’s blood sugar.

School-based clinic has free services for students in need

From a double-wide trailer on Basic High School’s campus, medical professionals are working to keep valley children in school and out of hospital emergency rooms and urgent care centers.

Holly Daze event gives mental health tips for traversing holiday season

The holidays are supposed to be filled with good cheer, but for some it can be tough to smile. On Nov. 20, the Southwest Medical Associates Lifestyle Center-West hosted a Holly Daze open house to discuss combating seasonal affective disorder, or what some refer to as a depressive state known as “the holiday blues.”

Early warning signs of stroke are not to be taken lightly

May was Stroke Awareness Month, but a stroke can strike at any time. According to the American Stroke Association, someone in the U.S. has a stroke roughly every 40 seconds, and about every four minutes, someone dies from a stroke.