March was National Problem Gambling Awareness Month, but every month sees people struggling with the addiction.
Health
Women who are obese during pregnancy may die earlier or have an increased risk of heart problems later in life, according to a new study in the U.K.
Nevadans can rid their homes this weekend of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
Encouraging results from a drug trial to reduce agitation often felt by Alzheimer’s patients and led by the director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Like Hollywood, the Las Vegas entertainment industry places a strong emphasis on physical appearance.
The company that hiked the price of Daraprim, a drug used to treat AIDS patients, is backing off.
According to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, almost 50% of American adults were found to suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes. To reiterate, this is HALF of our adult population—29 million have diabetes and 86 million have pre-diabetes. There is hardly an American who does not either have the disease or its precursor, or knows someone with it.
If there were a new pill on the market that claimed it could lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by 35 percent to 53 percent, and keep your brain younger by 7½ years with no negative side effects, would you take it?
Planned Parenthood would be blocked from receiving federal funds for the next year under legislation approved last week by the House largely along party lines.
How far apart you space your pregnancies may affect your child’s risk of autism, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday.
Researchers have developed a simple blood test they say can predict just how old your body is, regardless of your actual birth date.
The Southern Nevada Health District will start offering the flu vaccine Monday at all of its centers.
As modern medicine makes advances, it also makes discoveries. Your brain, for example, creates enough electricity to light a light bulb.
Chief District Judge David Barker today denied a request to disqualify the judge assigned to a medical malpractice case against Summerlin Hospital.
A Clark County man has become the first documented West Nile virus patient of 2015 in Southern Nevada.
