Southern Nevadans are only at the beginning of the influenza season with no indication of how severe the season might become, a public health spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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The Nevada Board of Osteopathic Medicine is considering new standards for treating patients with chronic pain to help prevent highly addictive painkillers from being dispensed to people without a medical need.
A health worker who has become the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Britain was being treated at a London hospital on Tuesday after contracting the disease in West Africa.
The latest version of the exchange, launched Nov. 15 via the federal healthcare.gov site, works well, but hundreds of residents still lack insurance they paid for, and a lawsuit looms in early 2015.
Lifting the United States’ lifetime ban on blood donations by gay and bisexual men came as bittersweet news to some Southern Nevadans because there’s a caveat: Regulators will recommend those potential donors remain celibate for a year before they give.
Eating fast food may lead to lower student test scores in math, science and reading, a recent study of U.S. school children said.
With kids off from school for winter break and Christmas days away, the use of electronic devices will be multiplying exponentially, presenting more parental concerns.
Many adults might not be aware that children experience stress at the holidays that can cause health issues. Certain strategies can help offset the dark side of the holidays.
Mason VanHouweling, the third chief executive at University Medical Center in less than a year, and the UMC governing board have agreed to a contract, locking a leader into place at the county-owned hospital for the next three years at a salary of $380,000 per year.
The state’s health insurance exchange reported its first sign-up numbers this morning.