With some 300,000 visitors descending on Las Vegas for a new year’s weekend of revelry, overindulgence and possible mayhem, area hospitals are gearing up for a potential flood of ailments and injuries. They’ve also got blueprints in place for the worst case scenario.
For many, remembering where they’ve left their keys is challenge enough. Remembering the layouts of 48 chess boards well enough to play and win most of the games, then, would seem insurmountable.
Weight gain seems to be a part of the holiday season nearly as much as Christmas trees or carols.
Teaching patients about food — what to eat, how to cook it, how to tweak what they’re already eating to make it a bit healthier — isn’t something most physicians are trained to do. But a lesson on the Mediterranean diet and a little time in the kitchen during a workshop in Las Vegas, prepared them to answer patient questions about diet.
One of Las Vegas’ latest food-related digital advances is a world away from the fancy restaurants on the Strip, and it’s already making a world of difference for those using it.
They’re moments when the design of a room and the objects in it become glaringly problematic for people suffering from health problems, and they’re the types of design gaps UNLV’s new master’s degree program in health care interior design hopes to resolve.
Roz Brooks started Vegas Roots, a community garden with U-pick vegetables and rentable plots, six years ago when she noticed a total lack of fresh home-grown produce for locals.
Celebrity chef, TV personality and Las Vegas restaurateur Giada De Laurentiis took a break from the kitchen to experience a workout in the sky.
A sharp increase in mosquitoes carrying the St. Louis encephalitis virus has been identified by the Southern Nevada Health District’s Vector Surveillance Program.
Dede Goldsmith lost her daughter, Shelley to a devastating drug-related death after a dance music show in Washington, D.C.
