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All this medicating has me downright depressed

The more I think about the number of people taking anti-depressants – government statistics show one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 taking them – the more depressed I become.

Age-old problem hinders treatment

Herb Gilbert is 90, and that means enduring people acting as though he can’t think and can’t hear, which he said became even more frustrating recently during two short hospital stays.
Medical professionals, he said, engaged in what researchers refer to as “elderspeak.”

Patients have UMC burn center to thank for recovery

Burns covering 85 percent of Charlie Kleck’s body serve as his only reminder of a boating accident on Lake Powell in Arizona last summer.

Las Vegas health care ranks 268 out of 306, with 30 percent uninsured

If the Las Vegas area had the same percentage of insured adults as Boston, then 272,090 more Southern Nevadans would be covered by health insurance. A found nearly 30 percent of Las Vegans are uninsured and 69.7 percent have a usual source of care, far below the national median of 82.4 percent.

A turn of events to turn the stomach

Suzanne Newton says she doesn’t normally talk much about throwing up. But she’s so sick to her stomach about a trip to the ER — it was far more costly than she ever imagined — that she feels she must talk about what sent her to the hospital in the first place.