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Stephanie Pierotti arrived in Vegas just in time to see the economy tank and watch the finger-pointing begin: Who’s to blame? Who’s gonna fix this? A teacher at The Art Institute of Las Vegas, Pierotti believes we’re all responsible. “If we can support each other by shopping local and keep that money in the local economy, we’re taking onus upon ourselves to actually make things better,” she says.
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Doctors who rely on Medicaid patients will have to make some tough decisions if the state budget — and our attitude toward health care — don’t improve By almost all measures, the Medicaid and Medicare situation in Nevada looks grim for doctors and hospitals. Ballooning numbers of unemployed, uninsured and elderly residents mean higher numbers of people who need public health care coverage.
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Alvin Matthews Director of educational Services for the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation On the table are plenty of iPads stocked with cutting-edge learning apps, but Alonso Fragoso, 12, has his nose buried in a kids’ detective novel. He’s indulging in a bit of guilty-pleasure summer reading before diving into a math tutoring session.
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Health care in Southern Nevada. Admit it: You can’t read the phrase without mentally supplying an orchestral da-dum! The topic is so complex and monolithic it makes us stiffen with anxiety (or, alternately, induce snores).
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When Devin O’Day was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor in December 2005, she felt alone. Her condition, hypothalamic hamartoma, is rare.
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Gas up the car — we’re taking a trip to the Red Planet (or close) When the Mars Science Laboratory rover touches down on the surface of Mars Aug. 5, don’t be surprised if it looks a lot like the desert surrounding Las Vegas.
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The fighter: Dr. Edwin Kingsley Hematologist and oncologist, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada Imagine a 7-year-old boy, so scientifically curious he can’t keep his hands off his home chemistry lab.
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Dan Young A climber with real altitude The trial: While racing in an Over the Hill motocross competition in Orange County in December 2001, 43-year-old Dan Young landed a jump much too hard, shattering both his ankles. His ambulance ride from the track to the ER began a four-year ordeal that included multiple surgeries, one with complications causing blood clots to move from his legs to his lungs, nearly killing him.
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The dynamic duo Dr. Stephen Chenin and Dr.
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LeRoy Neiman was an Olympic painter — in more ways than one. Sure, he was known for his bold, rapid-fire brushwork that captured the brawn and verve of our most celebrated athlete-gods on the world sports stage.