58°F
weather icon Clear
Filters Reset
1 - 10 of about 55 Results
Content Type
Categories
Tags
Year
Month
older archives
Health-care coalition, hospital operator reach new contract deal

A health-care coalition representing about 275,000 Southern Nevadans reached an agreement Friday on a new contract with the operator of three valley hospitals, according to a joint press release issued Monday, about nine hours before a negotiation deadline.

Parents often catch hospital errors missed by doctors

Parents often catch medical errors that their child’s doctor missed, according to a U.S. study that suggests families may be an untapped resource for improving hospital safety and preventing mistakes.

Nurse says scent, breathing integral to stress management

Julie McIntosh, a licensed practical nurse and the community education nurse from Compassionate Care Hospice, visited Sun City Summerlin’s Desert Vista Community Center in mid-January to talk about managing stress.

EMT training gives fire candidates competitive edge

When Jennifer Vivion was 17, she was injured in a car crash on her way from high school. The first to arrive on the scene was fire and rescue. A paramedic, the mother of a classmate, took the teen under her wing.

Health news and events around the valley, March 3-9, 2016

The two Humana Guidance Centers in Las Vegas are planning two open houses from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 8 and 1:45 to 4:45 p.m. March 9 at 1000 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 720, and 8885 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 140, respectively.

New mobile clinic will bring health care to patients

When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, its objective was to make health care insurance affordable for everyone.

France has detected the first sexually transmitted case of Zika

France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicenter of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official said on Saturday.

 
Ohio woman has first uterus transplant in US

Surgeons in Cleveland have performed the first uterus transplant in the United States, an Ohio medical center said on Thursday.

1 2 3 6