Among the wellness experts’ advice: Start with a little and it can turn into something big. Be consistent. Seek a support system.
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The gym, which aims to empower and increase the natural abilities of people with physical, mental and developmental disabilities, invites the community to attend its Fall Fitness Spectacular.
The Oct. 22 event will bring together those directly affected by obesity, build public awareness of the seriousness of the disease, and raise funds for medical research and education.
The data seems to show more high school students vaping, with 14 percent saying they had done so recently, compared with about 11 percent last year.
Here are some tips for Medicare’s enrollment period, which opens Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7.
There are several different types of check-in services, along with some simple technology devices, that can help keep solitary seniors safe at home.
“I don’t think people have grasped the magnitude,” the 53-year-old actor and TV star says. “The key is to talk about anxiety. That’s what makes me feel better. It’s part of my therapy,”
There are actually three different types of senior-specific flu shots (you only need one) that the CDC is now recommending to people 65 and older.
The fifth annual Las Vegas Caravan for Mammogram, an event to promote breast cancer awareness among Black women and underserved communities, will take place Oct. 15.
The annual fundraiser will also feature a car show, magicians, costumed superheroes, rides and games for kids, music, raffles and more.
The local affiliate of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America will host the Las Vegas Team Hope Walk on Oct. 29 at Craig Ranch Regional Park.
It’s the first time the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended anxiety screening in primary care for adults without symptoms.
Stress is running rampant as Medicare Annual Enrollment season approaches, because of the economic times the country is experiencing.
At 76, the actor/singer/comedian/author isn’t stopping now — she refuses to even slow down.
Dr. Lisa Thompson understands the reluctance many women felt about having their regularly scheduled breast cancer screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was one of them.
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Many breast cancer survivors would tell you that the day they were diagnosed was the hardest day of their lives. For Brandi Ellis, a Las Vegas mother of three diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma in May 2020, the first thing she did was walk downstairs to tell her family — her “first line of defense,” as she calls them.