The first multi-site clinical trial in the United States aimed at trying to identify Alzheimer’s disease through an inexpensive blood test will be directed by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
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Millions of aging Americans struggling with dizziness and balance problems. “Unfortunately, it’s a fairly common problem,” according to University Health System neurologist Miracle Wangsuwana, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Dizziness or feeling off-balance may be common problems, but determining their causes can be considerably more complicated.
The turn of phrase that Carolyn Savage cherishes from her visits to Las Vegas goes like this: “Man proposes, but God disposes.” In other words, people can make plans, but God determines how things will turn out.
One of the most common questions I’m asked as a trainer is, “Which machine do I use to get a six pack?”
I’m excited to share my expertise as well as my journey with you in this column as I begin the evolution into my prime years. Although I bring an enthusiastic attitude, a strong will and a youthful mind-set, with many years of competitive sports and active living, I also suffer from the physical aches and pains from old sports injuries and arthritis.
Even as activity at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada continued to shrink, the operating loss widened.
Two years ago the symptoms first hit. Headaches pounded her to tears. Dizziness dropped her to her knees. They would come and go, but happened enough to send the then-77-year-old Mabelle “Mickey” Wiedeman, who generally chalked up her aches and pains to old age, to the doctor.
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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.