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When children struggle with mental health, it can be difficult to notice. Sometimes, it’s shrugged off as normal teenage angst or behavioral battles, but other times, the internal war becomes a violent and physical combat sending children to the hospital. If parents and caretakers don’t see warning signs or shrug them off, school officials could be a student’s only safeguard.
As modern medicine makes advances, it also makes discoveries. Your brain, for example, creates enough electricity to light a light bulb.
You could be forgiven for thinking you’ve walked into the wrong building the first time you visit Turntable Health. The waiting room is open and inviting, flooded with natural light and filled with comfortable chairs. There is also a decided lack of ancient gossip magazines.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
Paul Bodner, 66, was playing golf one day in March when he felt a pain in his hip. One month later, the Summerlin resident was diagnosed with lung cancer.
The American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program matches cancer patients with volunteer drivers who take them to and from their treatments. Debra Armstrong, ACS quality of life manager, said the program is in desperate need of more drivers.
A judge set bail for convicted robber Jarvis Williams, who authorities said shot at police after a two-city chase.
A spike in gas prices is not expected during the holiday season, with Nevada average below $3.50.
Jarvis Williams, 30, faces attempted murder, assault on a protected person, evading police, and owning a firearm by a prohibited person in North Las Vegas.
Authorities said the group of men mistakenly believed the house they targeted belonged to members of a rival gang.
