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CrossFit Mountain’s Edge takes different angles on fitness

Fitness is universal. Good principles and proper techniques are evident in talented trainers across the Las Vegas Valley. Different coaches have different ways of explaining and illustrating proper technique, but the underlying principles are virtually the same.

Insurers refuse, patients lose

When insurance companies and medical providers have one of their frequent wars over money, what too often happens is that you and me –– so often referred to as either a cherished policyholder or a cherished patient –– end up as collateral damage.

Nutrition gurus sometimes let the cravings win

They point us in the direction of the produce section, can rattle off calorie counts like baseball stats and remind us that we are what we eat — which means some of us are more chocolate cake doughnut than fruit smoothie.

Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study finds

A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top cancer killer of women.

Cancer survivor lands scholarship to UCLA

What’s more nauseating than doing homework in high school? Doing homework while undergoing chemotherapy in high school.