With steady hands and X-ray vision, Dr. Bandt is known for performing the first of a life-saving procedure in Nevada When Paul Bandt graduated from medical school at the University of Minnesota in 1966, he couldn’t have imagined the future of his work.

Gazpacho at Central This bright and colorful chilled soup is an ideal antidote to recent record-breaking temperatures. Think Bloody Mary in a bowl: Yellow tomato purée is poured tableside over an artfully composed mix of cucumbers, tomatoes and basil.

Mount Charleston has long been a site of raging wildfires sparked by lightning, but in 1955, it was the site of a different kind of conflagration. These particular flames issued from a spectacular plane crash, a crash that killed all 14 passengers on board on the morning of Nov.

Complain as we might about work, a job is a good thing to have. Beyond an income, it gives us pride and purpose, a reason to get up in the morning.

Dr. Stanley Cohen says he is a very dull person.

Suburban sprawl be damned. Peppered among fast food chains and big-box stores on the southern end of Fort Apache Road is a diverse array of small businesses that are more deserving of your dollars.

The 93 best physicians in the valley, as chosen by their peers (Part I) How To use this Guide: Doctors are listed alphabetically beneath specialty areas. Private practices are then listed with address and phone number.

Elite pastry chef Kamel Guechida joins the people-pleasing Wolfgang Puck empire. What the puff is going on? Kamel Guechida is facing a strange new world — one filled with cookies and cupcakes.

So, surprise: Las Vegas isn’t exactly renowned as a paragon of healthy living. Maybe we can’t be completely blamed for that distinction, given our mandate to peddle ourselves in the global marketplace as the nation’s test site where tourists are invited to suspend the rules of common sense and subject their vital organs to a marathon obstacle course of punishing fun.

As more Southern Nevadans take advantage of hospice and palliative care, the often-misunderstood specialties are becoming crucial pieces of the health care puzzle Meet Jimmy Bryant. He currently has stage IV emphysema with severe chronic pulmonary obstructive disease.