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40 new residents headed to MountainView Hospital

The first medical residency program at MountainView Hospital has received accreditation, which means as many as 40 doctors-in-training will be working at the Las Vegas facility in July.

Psychosis, hallucinations often part of Parkinson’s

Las Vegas resident Susan and her mother spent years caring for her father, Gary, who lived with psychosis as a result of Parkinson’s disease.

Professionals: Technology addiction is real

As technology becomes increasingly omnipresent, some people have begun to ask if we own our technology or if it owns us. For some of us, has technology become an addiction?

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Hyperbaric chamber ideal environment to advance wound healing

A wound that is taking a long time to heal could spell disaster down the road, according to Dr. Lubna Javed. In some cases, she said it could even lead to amputation.

Dead squirrel at Lake Tahoe tests positive for plague

A squirrel found dead at Lake Tahoe last month has tested positive for the plague, health officials said, marking the latest incidence of the disease in California that forced the temporary closure of two Yosemite National Park campgrounds.