Emma Morano, thought to be the world’s oldest person and the last to be born in the 1800s, celebrated her 117th birthday on Tuesday, still swearing by her diet of two raw eggs a day.
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Entertainer Frank Marino sheds the famous ‘Divas’ costumes for a serious request on behalf of Lou Ruvo Center: Volunteer to participate in clinical trials because it’s important.
As insurance companies nationwide look for ways to cut costs, commissions for individual plans have been reduced and in some cases eliminated.
Jeffrey Klein, CEO of Nevada Senior Services, says Las Vegas already needs more than the two nonprofit adult day-care facilities where baby boomers drop off older loved ones or are dropped off themselves.
A recent UNLV-led study comparing cancer deaths in U.S. and Caribbean-born black populations in Florida found some huge disparities between the groups, suggesting that analysis of cancer rates solely by race can paint an inaccurate picture of a diverse enclave.
The holiday season is a reminder of how often we are faced with food temptations that can undermine our efforts to eat a healthful diet.
Southern Nevadans who were diagnosed as HIV-positive during the late ’80s and early ’90s remember vividly when the diagnosis appeared terminal. Until, over a period of years, they were forced to deal with another reality: the possibility that they might live.
Thirteen babies in Brazil born with normal head circumference have been diagnosed with congenital Zika syndrome, with brain scans showing extensive malformations, inflammation and reduced brain volume, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Sam Kaufman,now the CEO of the new Henderson Hospital, said he originally went public with his weight loss surgery to help others gain the courage to take care of their weight problems. He now says that going public helped him as well, by putting a positive pressure on himself to succeed.
Research increasingly is showing that the conversation between the brain and the gut is more of a dialogue than a monologue, and that the microorganisms that live in the gut communicate with the brain. Because of that, what happens in the gut can affect what’s going on in the rest of the body, down, perhaps, to how we feel.