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Shriners turn to rollicking Las Vegas toddler with prosthesis

Shriners Hospitals for Children have called on the family of Alissa Perkins to be ambassadors for the 22-hospital system, which treats all children regardless of their ability to pay.

Antidepressants most popular prescription medication in U.S.

Remember sucking candy out of a plastic neck? Pez Dispensers, they call them. Flip back the noggin of Bugs Bunny or the Tasmanian Devil and extract a tangy little pellet. Kids love ’em. Adults, too — now dispensing Prozac, Paxil, Abilify, Wellbutrin, Lexapro and Zoloft.

Clark County’s first West Nile virus case reported

The first person to contract the potentially deadly West Nile virus in Nevada this year is an 84-year-old Clark County man, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

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