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They’re loud and intense, but spin classes can pay off

I was sweating hard. Like real hard. My side ached. My legs were tired. “We have to be at least halfway done,” I mentally pleaded. I dared to look at the clock and partway shut down when I saw that I was only three minutes into a 60-minute class. A spin class.

Patient’s faith in doctor rewarded

When Tom Thomason took the fifth, he was in a Sunrise Hospital operating room, not a courtroom.
Still, there was a question he couldn’t answer as he went under the knife.
Could Dr. Troy Watson pull off a successful ankle replacement surgery on his fifth try?

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Sterilization-for-cash activists work mean streets of Las Vegas

Barbara Harris climbs out of her rented SUV and surveys the sun-soaked streets of Naked City. Over here, a worn-out apartment complex with busted-out windows and graffiti-covered walls.

Las Vegas man counts blessings as he manages ALS

Rob Dorinson isn’t letting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease, stop him from living a rich, varied, active life.

Patients’ trust still matters to Las Vegas doctor

Even after 30 years as a physician – Dr. Marietta Nelson now runs The Eye Clinic of Las Vegas – she finds the doctor-patient relationship awe-inspiring.
Never, she says, can she take lightly that someone entrusts his own or his child’s well-being to her.

If pecs are your exercise pick, be sure to use a spotter

It’s Monday, and you know what that means. It’s international chest day in the gym!
Guys tend to do their favorite routines on the first day of the week, and the bench press is ranked up there with arm and abs exercises.

HEALTH Q&A: Head lice

Q Are head lice becoming resistant to medications?

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