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Brain health awareness growing, but action lacking

A 2024 brain health survey revealed a gap between thinking about brain health and taking steps to reduce risk or slow the progress of memory issues.

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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.

Valley families struggle to cope with cystic fibrosis

So pretty. So bright. So vivacious. So loved. So threatened. So it is to be 7-year-old Elizabeth Church. “I love to play bingo,” the smiling straight-A student says.

Visit Mexico and get cheaper health care, Calderón suggests

While trying to convince travel industry executives that tourists to Mexico should not fear being caught in a narco war, Mexican President Felipe Calderón dropped a startling proposal for reining in the costs of U.S. health care.

Doctor accused of reusing needle guides leaves patients angry

Lee Horstein remembers the phone call from Dr. Michael Kaplan. “It was after my second prostate biopsy from him about four years ago,” the 69-year-old retired businessman said as he sat in an auditorium at the Nevada Cancer Institute. “I had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be good news when the doctor himself was on the phone.”

Thoughts of suicide plague those on verge of losing all

Hard hit by the recession, unemployed Nevadans are turning despondent, desperate, even suicidal. Calls from the suicidal jobless have increased in recent months, says Debbie Gant-Reed, hot-line coordinator for the Crisis Call Center in Reno. The center serves as Nevada’s suicide hot line.

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