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Battered women have angel in Las Vegas surgeon

One of the first visitors Maria Del Carmen Gomez had after her recent cancer operation at Valley Hospital was the surgeon who saved her hands.
Though she was so weak, she was barely able to raise her left arm, she waved at Dr. Carl Williams, who she calls an angel.

Knowing the end, living for the now

We all begin to die the moment we’re born, but most of us don’t have a good sense of how it will end.
At age 28, Jennifer Hill already has a good idea.
Actually, she’s pretty much known for four years.

Many used as unwitting lab rats

It’s painful to think about: There are doctors and scientists and businessmen and government officials who lie to people about the safety of work they’re asked to do.
As I talked with 70-year-old Oscar Foger, such behavior was front and center.

Medical providers should take heed

It may seem strange: Medical practitioners could learn a lot from Col. Rodolfo Meana. Yes, from him they could learn to really care about people. In Las Vegas, Meana will undoubtedly be remembered as the first to die from the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak.