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Is Alzheimer’s care a waste of money?

Reports showing a 99.6 percent failure rate for drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease fuel the debate over future care. Some even question whether doctors should be able to end Alzheimer’s patients’ lives.

UMC’s nursing chief plays up camaraderie to help staff thrive

As he walks through UMC’s Trauma and Burn Center, Gregg Fusto, the hospital’s chief nursing officer, points to where a trauma surgeon and a nurse massaged a dying teenage boy’s heart with their hands.

Half a heart, full life: Teen stands as walking miracle

As a grinning 18-year-old Zachary MacKenzie walked across The Orleans stage recently to receive his diploma during Bonanza High School’s graduation, his proud mother remembered how she sobbed when she learned he’d go through life with half a heart — if he survived childbirth.

Exec optimistic about state health exchange fix

Bruce Gilbert, the new executive director of the Silver State Health Exchange, says he’s undaunted by the big job of fixing the troubled Obamacare agency

CDC Anthrax scare reveals more lab safety problems

Citing an anthrax scare and other safety problems, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said it shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.