The flu is a contagious respiratory illness with symptoms that typically have an abrupt onset and often include fever, chills, headache, fatigue, body aches, cough, sore throat and a runny or stuffy nose. It can travel six feet as airborne particles and can live for 24 hours on hard surfaces. Healthy adults can infect other […]
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Prediabetes is a serious and growing problem. Approximately 1 in 3 adults and 1 in 5 children living in the United States have prediabetes. Many people with prediabetes don’t know they have it. Prediabetes is a condition where blood sugar is higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as having type 2 […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Nevada and the nation, the Las Vegas Review-Journal hosted an Aging Wellness Webinar focused on Preventative Health Care which was presented by Southwest Medical, part of OptumCare, on Oct. 28, 2020. During the one hourlong webinar, Associate Medical Director Dr. Girisha Kaur, Team Lead Dr. Hilary Schroder and […]
The CDC estimates that more than 34.2 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, but 1 in 5 don’t even know it. Over the past 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled as our population has aged and become more overweight or obese. Locally, more than ten percent of adults […]
After months of social distancing, masking and waiting, 2020 is finally ending, but not before it delivers the much anticipated and most welcome news in a year dominated by COVID-19. The vaccine is here. Millions of doses have already made their way to communities across the nation, and frontline healthcare workers are receiving the first […]
As the novel coronavirus raged across the globe earlier this year, our state was in trouble. With its heavy reliance on the travel and tourism industry, the Nevada economy was arguably hit harder than anywhere else in the nation. As unemployment rolls grew and economic activity slowed, Nevada was in need of a rescue. That […]
As the coronavirus continues to ravage small businesses across the country, one local business has managed to maneuver around the pandemic’s impact. Nimbleness is key to being able to pivot quickly, reacting to the news instead of being acted upon by it. Where thousands of small businesses are hurting, and hundreds have shuttered their doors, […]
Get Your Flu Shot, Not the Flu The flu is a contagious respiratory illness with symptoms that typically have an abrupt onset and often include fever, chills, headache, fatigue, body aches, cough, sore throat and a runny or stuffy nose. It can travel six feet as airborne particles and can live for 24 hours on […]
As the country and Las Vegas continue to navigate the deep impacts of COVID-19, one thing seems certain – the pandemic has changed the way many of us have traditionally viewed and engaged with the health care system. Many times, crises create an urgency to speed up innovations in order to meet consumers’ demands and […]
While as a state and nation we reopen our economy on the long path to recovery, we face the everyday reality of a changed world. At our workplaces, the grocery store, restaurants and schools, the signs of change are all around us – constant reminders that COVID-19 remains a public health threat that can’t be […]