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Neighborhood hospital opening soon in North Las Vegas

Residents of North Las Vegas will soon have a hospital closer to home as Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, a nonprofit faith-based hospital system, prepares to open its North Las Vegas campus.

Sandoval signs bill to increase insulin price transparency

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed off on a bill Thursday that requires pharmaceutical companies to release insulin prices after vetoing an earlier version of the bill he said wasn’t strong enough.

Many sexual assault victims experience ‘paralysis,’ researchers say

Many sexual assault victims experience an involuntary inability to move during rape, and those who do are more likely to later develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, Swedish researchers say.

Centene to offer health coverage through Nevada exchange

As other companies pull out of the insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, Centene is expanding its participation in Nevada and other states in 2018.

Parents share cautionary tale of daughter, black widow bite

Doctors first told the parents that it appeared to be a spider bite and prescribed antibiotics. But when the girl’s condition did not improve, her parents sought answers from a pediatric infectious disease doctor.

Palliative care offers patients best possible quality of life

The goal of palliative care, an often misunderstood or simply unknown specialty, is to enable patients to maximize their quality of life and give them control over what the end of their life will look like.

Robotics helping people walk again — at a hefty price

Systems like ReWalk, a battery-powered robotic exoskeleton that attaches to the legs and lower back, gives hope to those who are unable to walk. It contains motors at the knee and hip joints and sensors to help it adjust with each footfall. While wearing the device and holding two forearm crutches, someone with complete lower-limb paralysis can walk.