With advancing age, staying on top of medical concerns can be a challenge. There are prostate exams, mammograms, cancer screenings, diabetes checks. But shingles, an illness that is difficult to prevent and whose cases are on the rise, tends to fall under the radar.
At three in the morning Dr. Florence Jameson helped bring a new baby into this world. Five hours later, she stood in the lobby of the Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada clinic and excitedly talked about giving birth to a facility to help the uninsured.
Whether your legs are slim and toned or well muscled, they can always use some added stability.
I’ll admit that stability training does sound kind of boring. But it helps them get stronger, and strong tendons equal stable joints.
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It is one of the quietest meetings you will ever attend. It is also one with roots in medical practices long used in Chinese culture. The Chinese Energy Healing Group meets at the Sahara West Library, where students of Chang Sen Xue help those with health issues.
Sandy Sparks, a 60-year-old from The Lakes, recently became the first person in Nevada to undergo an electrophysiology study and catheter cryoablation, a procedure to treat arrhythmia, at MountainView Hospital.
Programs offered by several retailers and pharmacy chains that give consumers significant discounts on generic prescription drugs are a health care trend that benefits both patients and doctors.
