Health
Sixteen years ago, Karen Leavens gave birth prematurely to a son, Adam. Within a few weeks, she and her husband learned he couldn’t see. Without services available for the blind, the Leavens considered moving out of state. In 2006, the Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation came to fruition, and Adam began participating in its programs, which changed his life.
The benefits of youth weight training are well-established: improved health, increased stamina, heightened focus. But when and how should kids start? Experts look at a child’s maturity level, overall coordination and health.
My 88-year-old mother’s last days in the hospital were pure hell. There is no doubt that she thought the members of the hospital staff were trying to kill her. A recent study found that for people with Alzheimer’s disease, a stay in the hospital accelerated mental decline and increased the risk of going into a nursing home or dying.
“Fix the butt, fix the body” is a common gym philosophy. That’s because fit hips bring a slew of health benefits.
Q I have heard that if you are overweight, you should exercise after you eat, and that if you are at the weight you want, you should exercise before you eat. Does it really matter?
Just inside the automatic sliding doors of Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, an oversized baby bottle beckons visitors from atop a folding table. One by one, 140 men and women approach the table in the hospital lobby.
WASHINGTON – America’s historic health care overhaul, certain now to touch virtually every citizen’s life, narrowly survived an election-year battle at the Supreme Court Thursday with the improbable help of conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.
One of the side effects of chemotherapy often is tooth decay, which prompted Summerlin dentist Olya Banchik to establish the nonprofit organization Smiles for Survivors, which helps provide dental care for those diagnosed with breast cancer.
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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.