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Patients have UMC burn center to thank for recovery

Burns covering 85 percent of Charlie Kleck’s body serve as his only reminder of a boating accident on Lake Powell in Arizona last summer.

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Las Vegas health care ranks 268 out of 306, with 30 percent uninsured

If the Las Vegas area had the same percentage of insured adults as Boston, then 272,090 more Southern Nevadans would be covered by health insurance. A found nearly 30 percent of Las Vegans are uninsured and 69.7 percent have a usual source of care, far below the national median of 82.4 percent.

Laughter yoga: Cackling your way to better health

They laugh about their credit card bills. They laugh about their aches and pains. They laugh about the medication they have to take. They laugh about everything in laughter yoga. That’s the point.

A turn of events to turn the stomach

Suzanne Newton says she doesn’t normally talk much about throwing up. But she’s so sick to her stomach about a trip to the ER — it was far more costly than she ever imagined — that she feels she must talk about what sent her to the hospital in the first place.

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Nurse sues children’s hospital, alleges wrongful termination

Sharon Ochoa-Reyes, a Sunrise Children’s Hospital nurse fired in connection with a 2010 baby death in the neonatal intensive care unit, filed a lawsuit Friday against the hospital and four of its executives, charging that she was wrongfully terminated and defamed.

Drug shortages for paramedics forces review

Alarmed by drug shortages that could affect the life-saving efforts of paramedics, a medical board that oversees emergency medical services in Southern Nevada is exploring the possible use of alternative medications, which would necessitate the re-education of rescue personnel.

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