The lawsuit was filed by 50-year-old Christopher Moncado , who was hospitalized six months ago after staying at the Rio. He sent medical records and hospital bills to Ceasars, which owns the Rio, but has not received a response.
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Don’t expect to hear about a Las Vegas cop manhandling and arresting a hospital nurse for protecting the privacy rights of a patient.
A new type of heart surgery that uses a tiny clip to mend leaking valves has arrived in Nevada.
The Southern Nevada Health District plans to restart its program offering sexually transmitted disease testing and education to Clark County Detention Center inmates this fall.
Monica Gresser, owner of Brazen Architecture, wanted to know more about the stigma and social impact of mental health issues in Southern Nevada. Her firm has a community focus, and selfishly, Gresser said, she needed to know more about the subject. On April 1, she organized a discussion on mental health as part of her company’s series of community-focused discussions.
UBS Bloodmobile drives are planned at multiple times and locations around the valley.
Heartburn, check. Dizziness, check. Leg pain, check.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
As of Feb. 11, the Southern Nevada Health District had identified four cases of measles, the first confirmed in Clark County since 2011.
Does full-day kindergarten improve children’s health? That’s the big question UNLV health sciences researchers plan to examine. Researchers are partnering with the Kansas Health Institute to create a health impact assessment that will inform how possible state legislative changes to full-day kindergarten could impact children’s health.
Clark County and University Medical Center officials are under additional pressure to lock a leadership team into place after the selection Friday of the public hospital’s third chief executive in less than a year.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
August is National Breastfeeding Month, and Naturally Nurturing, a breastfeeding community fair, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Springs Preserve, during World Breastfeeding Week. The free family event is set to include information booths, refreshments, infant massage, Gymboree play time, face painting, giveaways and more.
Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas will remain accredited after months of being in the national spotlight for allegations of patient dumping.
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“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.
