Dr. Tim West still can remember the first time he watched a doctor break the news to a father that his son had suffered permanent brain damage.
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A couple of years ago, I sat in the office of Lynn Leany and heard him talk about the opportunity to receive Provenge, then a new drug therapy for men with advanced prostate cancer.
His battle with cancer continues today as he seeks out new drugs to keep him alive.
Looking to ramp up a boring exercise routine? Try some total body exercises. Total body drills always zap energy and get the heart pumping. But be forewarned: they aren’t easy, nor are they very fun. But the hard exercises never are, right?
Q What are the benefits of varying your workout routine?
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State Demographer Jeff Hardcastle told a legislative panel Wednesday that the population of Nevada, once a young person’s state, is rapidly aging and will require state government to spend more on care for older people, especially those with dementia, in coming years.
Even though Hannah Ostrea died when she was 3, her family plans to make sure her name and memory live on through the Little Miss Hannah Foundation, which offers resources to families with children of life-limiting rare diseases.
Gabe Mirkin trains three to six hours a day as a bike racer in Florida. His stamina is impressive for any age, but at 77 the retired physician and former teaching fellow at Johns Hopkins University definitely turns heads. Mirkin’s key to health is a diet rich in many different-colored fruits and vegetables, he says. He also avoids red meat and opts for better lean proteins instead.
At first blush, it doesn’t make sense. We live in Southern Nevada, where the sun shines about 320 days a year, yet it isn’t difficult to find doctors who say many of us are deficient in vitamin D, which is often called the sunshine vitamin.
Stability balls are good for other things besides breaking furniture and causing whiplash. You can get a pretty good workout if you use them correctly.
I use the stability ball, also called the Swiss ball or balance ball, to help my clients not only train the core but also the legs and upper body. What you work depends on how you use it.
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Many breast cancer survivors would tell you that the day they were diagnosed was the hardest day of their lives. For Brandi Ellis, a Las Vegas mother of three diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma in May 2020, the first thing she did was walk downstairs to tell her family — her “first line of defense,” as she calls them.