Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday said overtures by Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking input from states on the Affordable Care Act was a “positive consultation process.”
Health
An elderly northern Nevada woman died last year from a bacterial infection resistant to all 26 antibiotics available in the U.S., highlighting the growing public health threat posed by so-called “superbugs.”
CVS is now selling a rival, generic version of Mylan’s EpiPen at about a sixth of its price, just months after the maker of the life-saving allergy treatment was eviscerated before Congress because of its soaring cost to consumers.
The top two Democrats in the Nevada Legislature are calling on U.S. Sen. Dean Heller to explain how Republicans in Congress will replace key provisions of the Affordable Care Act if they repeal it.
Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Cancer Institute released on Tuesday.
While not a new concept in bigger cities, stand-alone spin centers are just now gaining a following here.
When Eileen Raney retired as a top executive from the Deloitte & Touche accounting firm in 2007, she wanted the right balance between work and play.
Inmate Johanna Hudnall’s situation reflects what advocates and academics say is a widespread pattern throughout the U.S. of inmates facing challenges in getting treated for hepatitis C with effective but expensive drugs.
With the new year comes new goals, and for many people that list can include removing a tattoo.
Officials with Planned Parenthood in Southern Nevada are planning a public relations and political battle to try and block a cutoff of federal funding proposed by Republican congressional leaders.
Hiding in the shadows of PMS is a relatively new illness, PMDD, premenstrual dysphoric disorder. It’s described as a severe extension of PMS that causes disabling and sometimes life-threatening mood shifts.
Agreements by Aetna Inc. and Centene Corp. to offer at least one insurance plan through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange comes as Congress puts future of such markets created by the Affordable Care Act in doubt.
More than eight years ago, MixxxedFit national trainer Anyika Hunt of Las Vegas suffered from illness and blackouts. A doctor gave her some alarming news.
Experts say that amid mulling over career ambitions, fitness aims and financial aspirations, people often forget that setting and attaining mental health targets could better their quality of life and help them achieve other goals.
She came into the world about three weeks early, but the surprise appearance of Rylin Zyairah Davis — the first baby born in a valley hospital in 2017 — made the arrival of the new year that much brighter for her parents.
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