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Gaming board bans casino licensees from medical marijuana trade

The Gaming Control Board told its license holders Tuesday that they cannot participate in Nevada’s medical marijuana business. In an industry notice posted to the Control Board’s website, the agency said the federal government views distribution, possession and sale of marijuana as a crime.

Rare disease afflicts Brazilian village

Tucked into the sunbaked rolling hills of Brazil’s midwest, Araras is home to what is thought to be the largest single group of people suffering from a rare inherited skin disease known as xeroderma pigmentosum, or “XP.”

Sandoval: No good option for health exchange fix

There are no good choices for Nevada as it tries to decide what do to about its troubled health insurance exchange, Gov. Brian Sandoval said. The governor said he’s frustrated by the position Nevada finds itself because of a botched online system developed by Xerox.

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Apple on medical tech hiring spree as iWatch plans develop

Apple Inc is building a team of senior medical technology executives, raising hackles in the biotechnology community and offering a hint of what the iPhone maker may be planning for its widely expected iWatch and other wearable technology.

Coke to drop controversial ingredient entirely

Coca-Cola says it will drop a controversial ingredient from all its drinks that contain it, not just Powerade.

Deciphering drug labels

You’re an educated consumer. You read the labels of the over-the-counter medications you buy, just like the medical professionals tell you to do.

Both safety extremes here in our hospitals

Two years ago, Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary penned a Wall Street Journal piece, “How to Stop Hospitals from Killing Us,” which contained a paragraph that was at once sickening and a call to action.

To strengthen your core, go ahead and bug out

As Las Vegans, we know that when the temperature outside gets warm it is time to spray for bugs. Those creepy crawlers will stop at nothing to get inside a nice home and set up camp.

Own a small business? Brace for Obamacare pain

Local business owners might be hoping the Affordable Care Act’s insurance mandates cover sticker shock. The law’s employer coverage mandate doesn’t take effect until 2015, but early plan renewals are starting to roll in. And for some businesses, the premium jumps are positively painful.

First case of American contracting MERS confirmed

Health officials confirmed the first case of an American infected with a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East.

Recovery center offers valley residents further help

Adults with substance abuse problems have a new way to recover through a local center that promises personalized treatment and extended care.

Inspectors: Long waits at North Las Vegas VA hospital not unusual

An elderly blind veteran crying in pain spent four hours and 45 minutes in the emergency room of the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas before seeing a doctor in October, but federal inspectors said in a report Wednesday that such long waits were not unusual for patients at the hospital.

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