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Did state board go easy on Las Vegas doctor?

When the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners undertook an investigation of his practice, Dr. Ralph Conti knew how to act in his best interest.
He thumbed his nose at the agency, not once but twice –in both 2008 and 2010.

There’s no reason to make one side shoulder such a burden

It lifts, it rotates, it raises and it stabilizes your arm while your hand slices and dices. It’s the revolutionary joint that is your shoulder. I’ll show you how to use not one but both of them, because your body naturally chooses the path of least resistance.

Parents promote suicide prevention in wake of son’s death

In the two weeks before 16-year-old Joe Miller killed himself, he seemed to throw off his despair. He watched his younger brother and sister while his parents were out. He even took his mother out for ice cream three times.

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Treadmill desks may help get office workers moving

Sion Lee, a 32-year-old graphic and Web designer in Las Vegas, has replaced his regular desk with a TrekDesk treadmill desk. Instead of sitting, he spends his days walking at about 2 mph, a pace that lets him talk on the phone without breathing hard and use his computer without falling off.

Las Vegas man with 100-pound scrotum seeks money for surgery

It sat in front of him, on top of a pillow that rested on a milk crate. He sprinkled baby powder on it — what looked like a huge watermelon encased in a compression bandage — but the unmistakable smell of urine couldn’t be completely smothered.

Las Vegas woman chooses to go in peace rather than fight ovarian cancer

Tormented by disabling treatments, debilitating pain and relentless collection agencies, Ginger Fisher said last year that the interventions to keep her alive caused problems she wished neither she nor her family had to deal with.
Only 39 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she was 42 when she died recently.

Hey, guys, work those thighs; machines aren’t ‘girly’

Most men don’t do certain exercises because they think they look to “girly.” 
They tend to avoid the abduction (outer thigh) and adduction (inner thigh) machines, apparently thinking they’re only for women. I hope that after reading today’s column, many men will leave their machismo at home the next time they work their legs. 

Woman recalls placenta donation to indicted doctor

Terrified, Deanna Wise lay in a hospital bed and prayed. Her doctor, a specialist concerned with the care of the mother and fetus in high-risk pregnancies, had told her to get to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus, immediately.

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