When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, its objective was to make health care insurance affordable for everyone.
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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.
Surgeons in Cleveland have performed the first uterus transplant in the United States, an Ohio medical center said on Thursday.
Many people are not aware of the benefits included in their health insurance plans, especially in the light of federal health care reform.
Like a TV election ad or Christmas music at the mall, allergy season seems to show up earlier and earlier every year. And that’s not just the over-the-counter antihistamine talking.
A U.S. jury verdict linking regular use of Johnson & Johnson talcum powder to a woman’s death from ovarian cancer has spurred new concern from consumers, but scientists say the evidence of real danger is inconclusive at best.
A board composed partially of representatives from local trauma centers recommended not designating any of three new applicants as a Level 3 trauma center during a meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners had a backlog of 525 complaints at the start of 2015. An additional 1,078 complaints were filed last year — about three per day. By the end of the year, 570 complaints were pending.
An explosion of reported early syphilis cases in Clark County since 2012 has been deemed an outbreak by the Southern Nevada Health District.
The head of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the Zika outbreak would likely worsen before nations besieged by the mosquito-borne virus linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil see relief.
The human papillomavirus vaccine was first recommended for adolescent girls in the United States in 2006. Since that time, the prevalence of the cancer-causing virus has been dropping among young women, according to a new study.
Hospital Corporation of America, the operator of Sunrise Health System hospitals, said Tuesday that it made an offer last week to settle contract negotiations with a health care coalition representing more than 275,000 Southern Nevadans.
The White House said on Monday it needs the U.S. Congress to deliver emergency funding to address the Zika virus, and said redirecting some money set aside for Ebola-related projects would not be enough given the scope of the outbreak.
Keeping our heart healthy is something we all need to take to heart. During February’s American Heart Month, awareness is raised about heart disease – and for a great reason – your heart is vitally responsible for just about everything that gives your body life..
The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is seeking participants with mild Alzheimer’s disease to test a drug that has been shown to stop the progression of symptoms in some volunteers.