Four doctors assess health of Sin City heading into 2012
We're fat, out of shape, drink too much, smoke too much, eat all of our meals at cheap buffets, exercise too little residents of Sin City, no doubt about it.
Our doctors are among the worst in the nation, live here only because they aren't good enough to practice elsewhere, have been criticized both near and far doctors of Sin City, no doubt about it.
The perception of Las Vegas seems to be that our residents and medical community are on life support, and the only chance of survival is to flee the casinos, 24-hour taverns and too-hot-to exercise-outside summers for a better place to live.
But we are being misdiagnosed, Southern Nevada doctors say. The negative stories that have made headlines the past few years -- the hepatitis C outbreak, financial failures of medical institutions, Michael Jackson's death -- are skewing reality.
Doctors George Alexander, Howard Baron, Staci McHale and David Steinberg take a look at the state of health in Las Vegas by answering four questions posed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Their answers may come as a pleasant surprise heading into the new year.
DIAGNOSIS LAS VEGAS: Dr. George Alexander
DIAGNOSIS LAS VEGAS: Dr. Howard Baron
