Every time I hear sports talk show host Paul Howard selling LASIK eye surgery – it only took him a few painless minutes to acquire 20-15 vision – I think of a woman I wrote about in Texas who lost her sight from a laser procedure. Her emotional appeal to me to let people know that such surgery is not without risk has stayed with me.
Outside Henry Chanin’s office at The Meadows School is the golf cart he must use to move around campus.
It is a reminder of one way the hepatitis C he acquired in 2006 during a colonoscopy at Dr. Dipak Desai’s Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center has changed his life.
The Southern Nevada Health District’s main building downtown is one earthquake or strong wind away from collapsing, according to a detailed structural assessment released Monday.
The Southern Nevada Health District’s main building downtown has been shut down indefinitely due to “dire” structural issues, causing the temporary relocation or suspension of several services, a spokeswoman said Sunday.
How do you stop people from acting foolishly?
There’s a government-sanctioned body in Nevada — a task force on unlicensed health care — that’s trying to do just that within the Hispanic community.
Larry Matheis, director of the Nevada State Medical Association, told legislators Tuesday if Nevada is going to prevent the Latino community from seeking help from unlicensed doctors, then it must create better access to affordable health care for all people.
This is April, so my wife and I are thinking of planning get-togethers with friends to recognize Alcohol Awareness Month, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month, National Autism Awareness Month, National Donate Life Month, Safe Kids Week and World Meningitis Day.
Unless you’ve got the soul of a machine, you hate to see what 50-year-old John Nelson has gone through the past few months.
In December, the NV Energy technician had a colonoscopy and learned he had colon cancer. Soon afterward, he underwent surgery to remove a tumor.
