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FDA cracks down on illegal diabetes remedies

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on more than a dozen companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription.

Rawson-Neal ramps up efforts to treat mentally ill as local emergency rooms struggle

As Nevada’s Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital works to correct deficiencies and broaden services for the mentally ill, officials at other valley hospitals struggling under the burden of a patient population they’re ill-equipped to serve worry that too little is being done too slowly.

Suspension trainers work many muscles

I like exercises that work many body parts at once. They teach muscle activation patterning that is valuable to proper technique and safety when exercising.

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Memory decline may be earliest sign of dementia

BOSTON — Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all.

Union Village, Henderson deal amended again

The city of Henderson has amended its land purchase agreement a fifth time with Union Village LLC which proposes to build a $1.6 billion project billed as the first integrated health village in the world.

Fifth person contracts West Nile

An additional case of West Nile in Clark County was reported by the Southern Nevada Health District Monday.

Proper alignment of neck, spine can improve strength

Have you ever had to function without the Internet for a few days? It can be miserable. Just like that, you are stranded from the shores of lightning fast communication. There is no way to check www.lvrj.com for the news. Paying bills online is difficult if the browser won’t load. Being disconnected from your social media and clouds of information can make you feel shut off from the world.

Study: Brainpower in the very old may be improving

If you’re lucky enough to live into your 90s, how well will your brain hold up? You may have an edge over people who got there ahead of you, a new study hints.

 
Singer Randy Travis recovering from brain surgery

Country music stars and fans joined together to urge prayers for Randy Travis overnight as he recovered from brain surgery following a stroke at a Texas hospital.

West Nile virus striking valley earlier than normal

With the addition of two new patients, the Las Vegas Valley has four of the nation’s 14 reported cases of West Nile virus, health officials say.

Winds keeping damaging wildfire smoke away from Las Vegas

If it weren’t for the wind coming out of the south and southwest as the raging Carpenter 1 Fire belches out enough soot every day to make an old Pittsburgh steel mill seem quaint, streetlights would be burning all day long in a darkened Las Vegas while people developed smoker’s hack without ever smoking a Camel.

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