The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, its services for multiple sclerosis strained by a heavy patient load, has expanded its MS staff. That means fewer patients will end up in hospital emergency rooms for expensive treatment.
Health
Health officials say breast-feeding rates continue to inch up: Now more than 3 in 4 mothers try to breast-feed their newborns.
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and acted unconstitutionally when it tried to put a size limit on soft drinks served in city restaurants.
Some gyms have a hard time keeping rubber resistance bands stocked. They are small, portable and versatile, making them easy to stuff in a gym bag and take out the front door. For this reason, gyms may require you to check out bands from the trainers or the front desk.
At 89 Joe Stein is doing just fine.
Dr. Robert Atkins has left his mark on several generations, including some to come. The founder of the Atkins Diet, and one of Time’s 2002 Persons of the Year, famously claimed that carbohydrates, not fats, are the weight-loss enemy. Even after his death 10 years ago, millions of Americans are still “counting carbs,” swearing they will reduce them someday.
It’s the biggest question surrounding federal health reform. What’s that insurance mandate going to cost you? On Friday, the Nevada Division of Insurance sort of had an answer. The division surveyed 382 proposed plans for the state’s individual insurance market for a glimpse of monthly premiums Nevadans might pay come Jan. 1, when the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, requires all Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty.
Nathan Adelson Hospice knows the needs of the Hispanic community when it comes to end-of-life services.
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on more than a dozen companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription.
As Nevada’s Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital works to correct deficiencies and broaden services for the mentally ill, officials at other valley hospitals struggling under the burden of a patient population they’re ill-equipped to serve worry that too little is being done too slowly.
I like exercises that work many body parts at once. They teach muscle activation patterning that is valuable to proper technique and safety when exercising.
BOSTON — Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all.
The city of Henderson has amended its land purchase agreement a fifth time with Union Village LLC which proposes to build a $1.6 billion project billed as the first integrated health village in the world.
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