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How to trim prescription drug costs

As politicians wrangle over ways to slash prescription drug costs, there are lots of ways consumers can control how much of a bite medications take out of their monthly budgets.

Young mother’s unusual breast cancer required swift action

Breast cancer. A fast-appearing, quick-growing breast cancer that struck Carolyn Whitney when she was 25 years old, an age when the occurrence of breast cancer is relatively rare.

Why we love being scared out of our wits

As you spend the next few days taking your last trip through your favorite haunted house or subjecting yourself to a scary movie binge-a-thon on cable TV, take a moment to thank your brain and your body for giving you the safest shivers you’ll ever feel.

6 Southern Nevada hospitals included in paying $250M settlement

Six Southern Nevada hospitals are among hundreds of U.S. facilities that will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare patients in violation of coverage requirements.