Without dental insurance, William Stork has put off getting his rotten tooth pulled; Medicare doesn't cover the $1,000 procedure. Dentists can't agree on whether all seniors should get that benefit.
The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners is asking that all dentist offices suspend routine checkups and cleanings - as health officials respond to the coronavirus.
Opioid painkillers prescribed by dentists have helped fuel the nation's addiction epidemic. Dental schools are teaching the next generation of dentists that there are other ways to treat pain.
After minor surgeries, many dentists used to reflexively prescribe quick-acting opioids to relieve a patient's pain. Now they're learning to counsel patients about better, less addictive alternatives.
Though Denver's water supply is clean, health officials in Colorado are battling the stigma tap water acquired after the contamination in Flint, Mich. A Latino community group has stepped in to help.
I won’t drag out that crusty joke about having to go to the airport to find a good surgeon in Las Vegas (nyark nyark!), but it seems to elbow itself into the conversation any time you talk about the state of health care in Nevada.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada auditors blame an inadequate computer system for more than a million dollars in Medicaid overpayments in the past four years.
