A health-care coalition representing about 275,000 Southern Nevadans reached an agreement Friday on a new contract with the operator of three valley hospitals, according to a joint press release issued Monday, about nine hours before a negotiation deadline.
A timeline of the spread and development of the Zika virus.
Parents often catch medical errors that their child’s doctor missed, according to a U.S. study that suggests families may be an untapped resource for improving hospital safety and preventing mistakes.
Julie McIntosh, a licensed practical nurse and the community education nurse from Compassionate Care Hospice, visited Sun City Summerlin’s Desert Vista Community Center in mid-January to talk about managing stress.
When Jennifer Vivion was 17, she was injured in a car crash on her way from high school. The first to arrive on the scene was fire and rescue. A paramedic, the mother of a classmate, took the teen under her wing.
The two Humana Guidance Centers in Las Vegas are planning two open houses from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 8 and 1:45 to 4:45 p.m. March 9 at 1000 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 720, and 8885 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 140, respectively.
Every step that Cynthia Ganey runs is another step toward her latest goal. As the owner of Jus Run LLC, she is the founder of Moms Rock, a walk/run event that has taken place on Mother’s Day for the past six years
When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, its objective was to make health care insurance affordable for everyone.
France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicenter of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official said on Saturday.
Surgeons in Cleveland have performed the first uterus transplant in the United States, an Ohio medical center said on Thursday.
Many people are not aware of the benefits included in their health insurance plans, especially in the light of federal health care reform.
Like a TV election ad or Christmas music at the mall, allergy season seems to show up earlier and earlier every year. And that’s not just the over-the-counter antihistamine talking.
A U.S. jury verdict linking regular use of Johnson & Johnson talcum powder to a woman’s death from ovarian cancer has spurred new concern from consumers, but scientists say the evidence of real danger is inconclusive at best.
A board composed partially of representatives from local trauma centers recommended not designating any of three new applicants as a Level 3 trauma center during a meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners had a backlog of 525 complaints at the start of 2015. An additional 1,078 complaints were filed last year — about three per day. By the end of the year, 570 complaints were pending.
