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Ailing youngsters respond to dog therapy

Juan Bablo watches Winnie the Pooh on the TV in his hospital room, holding his blue lightsaber, when he senses something.

For valley hospitals, specialization pays

Las Vegas’ specialty hospitals continue to outperform their bigger and better-known acute-care brethren by a wide margin.

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Hospitals in Las Vegas area recognized

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and two St. Rose Dominican Hospital campuses ranked as the top hospitals in the Las Vegas area, according to an annual poll by the magazine U.S. News & World Report.

Mocha Moms, experts tout benefits from breast-feeding

A cooling breeze ruffles the trees that border Gardens Park in Summerlin. Rising in a cloudless sky, the bright morning sun causes a boy on the playground to ask mommy for his shades.

Legionnaires’ disease linked to Aria

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed the Southern Nevada Health District last year that two cases of Legionnaires’ disease had been possibly linked to the Aria. But it wasn’t until last month that local officials tested the water at the posh Strip resort and discovered the type of bacteria that causes the disease.

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