It may not feel like it, but Nevadans who get their health insurance courtesy of the Affordable Care Act can consider themselves relatively lucky as 2017 comes into focus.
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Experts from across the valley have taken a hard look at both the city and state’s mental health care situation and most agreed that, in order to fix things, it will take time, new professionals and lots of money.
Dr. Dale Carrison is 77 and still going strong. An admitted screw-up as a young man, he become a sheriff’s deputy and an FBI agent, then an auto parts salesman. A monster midlife crisis turned him into a doctor.
Clark County has recorded its first flu-related death of the season, that of a senior resident who was hospitalized before dying, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Wednesday morning.
The $10,000 grant from Nevada’s Department of Veterans Services will help pay for adaptive sports costs.
A decision by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education enables UNLV’s medical school to begin recruiting and accepting students for its first class in July 2017.
Drugs. Alcohol. Prostitution. When life gets too tough, some women seek help at the Walter Hoving Home.
The new UNLV Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions will provide a comprehensive suite of diagnostic services and treatment for children and young adults with autism.
Bess Norris was ready to commit suicide. Her mental health issues, which included bipolar disorder and depression, had reached a breaking point.
Upgrade of medical center’s phone system requires changing existing numbers.
A dog and now a horse have made a huge difference for Ben Hernandez in his battle with post-traumatic stress disorder.
After Brandon Moran came down with an illness that forced him onto dialysis, his friend Jacob McCulloch decided to see if he could donate a kidney to Moran, which would allow him to live a normal life.
Sometimes in life, you have to lose something to find something better. Rosie Mercado knows that statement all too well. She feels like she’s lost a whole person since her weight loss journey began.
