From 75 people raising $1,000 in 1990 to more than 2,000 people raising more than $170,000 in 2014, the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada’s annual 5K has grown to be the organization’s premier fundraiser.
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The effort is called Be the Match, but it may as well be called Be the Hero. It asks regular residents to see if their DNA might save the life of another by signing up for the marrow registry. People can sign up at the inaugural Las Vegas Marrowthon, planned April 11 at Bruce Trent Park.
McCarran International Airport is not on the list of five U.S. airports where the government plans to begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa as part of a stepped-up response to the Ebola epidemic.
Montevista Hospital on Monday held an open house for its $7 million expansion that will help reduce the need to send juveniles out of state for psychiatric residential treatment.
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Las Vegas Councilman Bob Coffin offered amendments Wednesday to change zoning rules regarding medical marijuana operations and said he’ll offer even more.
Clark County School District and Southern Nevada Health District officials hope to wrap up a first round of tuberculosis testing at Liberty High School on Tuesday.
State health officials say they will investigate nurses’ allegations that understaffing at MountainView Hospital has caused patients to die, fall, suffer broken bones and sit in their excrement and urine for lengthy periods of time
Since a woman who gave birth to twins in a Clark County hospital later died from tuberculosis, 26 people with whom she came in contact have tested positive for the disease. About 200 people had been tested before Monday.
The words almost didn’t make it out of Rebecca Shanahan’s mouth – stuck somewhere in her throat as she remembered her loved ones who died from pancreatic cancer. “A year ago today, my best friend died of pancreatic cancer,” Shanahan said. “Ten days before she died, my father was diagnosed. In March, my father lost his battle. I share your grief.”
Marcus Mitchell recently founded the Stomach Cancer Relief Network. His wife, Yanira, battled Stage 4 stomach cancer after giving birth in 2007. Her pregnancy had masked her cancer symptoms.
A developer Thursday unveiled plans for a $1.5 billion Henderson “health village” to include a new St. Rose hospital.
The master plan for the Union Village project calls for medical, residential, entertainment, cultural arts and specialty retail space, as well as a senior retirement community, on 171 acres east of U.S. Highway 95 and Galleria Drive.