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Learn how grip training can aid your longevity

An enormous body of research links better grip strength in midlife and beyond to decreased risk of overall mortality.

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Cancer doctors plan novel assault on high cost of drugs

A group of prominent cancer doctors is planning an innovative attack on high drug costs, using clinical trials to show that many oncology medications could be taken at lower doses or for shorter periods without hurting their effectiveness.

Baby Kimmel’s heart defect is common, fixable with surgery

The hole-in-the-heart problem that plagues comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s newborn son is one of the most common heart-related birth defects, and it usually can be fixed with surgery.

 
Vegas Stripped: A ‘dino nerd’ in the desert — VIDEO

UNLV professor Josh Bonde teaches paleontology and loves dinosaurs. “Paleontology is just being able to tell a story about a different world, but you don’t actually have to travel that far to be able to see the story.”

High-tech headsets help the legally blind

Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur. Then four years ago, he donned an unwieldy headset made by a Toronto company called eSight.

New glasses help give sight to the blind

Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur. Then four years ago, he donned an unwieldy headset made by a Toronto company called eSight.

CSN planetarium provides virtual reality vision of stars

The virtual stars shone bright as children gasped and pointed in amazement on a recent Friday at Southern Nevada’s only public planetarium.

 
You can now play games on Facebook Messenger

You can now play “Pac-Man” with your Facebook Messenger buddies. Facebook is adding the option to play games with your contacts on the messaging app beginning Tuesday. You can access the feature in the latest version of the app by tapping a game controller icon.