Handling children’s emergencies, whether heart problems, severe allergic reactions, complications from asthma, life-threatening infections or fractures, is what Books, as a pediatric emergency physician, does, what she feels honored to do.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center will offer drive-up flu shots Saturday for veterans who are enrolled in the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System and have a VA identification card.
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center will update visitor policies and retrain staff about wearing proper protective gear in the wake of a state investigation, triggered by the death of a Las Vegas woman to tuberculosis.
Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced changes to his health care law to give insurance companies the option to keep offering consumers plans that would otherwise be canceled.
At Music 4 Life in the southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley, seven people are blowing into an instrument whose origins date back 40,000 years in hopes it will help them sleep better by curing their snoring or sleep apnea.
Putting a statistic on disappointment, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday that fewer than 27,000 people signed up for private health insurance last month in the 36 states relying on a problem-filled federal website.
The NFL Players Association today is announcing a program to test and treat former players with brain trauma at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and other sites across the country.
Facing a new judge, Health Plan of Nevada on Tuesday lost its attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two former clients who say they contracted hepatitis C infections after treatment by former doctor Dipak Desai.
An individual at Coronado High School has been diagnosed with contagious pulmonary tuberculosis, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
What could be more frustrating than trying to buy coverage through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange? Trying to sell it.
More than 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled after 26 people in three states were sickened by a bacterial strain of E. coli linked to its products, federal health officials said Sunday.
After Scott Hansen’s heart gave out last year, strangers used its power to give him another chance at life. When Bill Pelow’s heart stopped in 2011, Daniel Velazquez became his lifeline because of it.
She watched some segments of “Cops” on TV as a child and wondered how the officers got all their calls.
Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom.
State health officials say they will investigate nurses’ allegations that understaffing at MountainView Hospital has caused patients to die, fall, suffer broken bones and sit in their excrement and urine for lengthy periods of time
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Like many of us, Michael Towns once struggled to lose weight due to inconsistent dieting and overeating, and that struggle came with a series of health complications.