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Menstrual poverty endangers women's health and demoralizes the vulnerable. Here’s how the community is working to solve it
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What if accessing medical records was as easy as using an ATM?
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Long hours, heavy workloads, high stress. How do doctors avoid burnout? Increasingly, with practices such as mindfulness and meditation
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When my son threatened suicide, I thought help would be a phone call away. Instead, I entered a maze of false hopes and shockingly scant resources
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Southwest Medical Associates Hospice forged its mission during the AIDS crisis. The crisis is over, but the mission lives on — with hospice house calls that bring comfort to the dying.
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In a hard-drinking, 24-hour town, a new form of a drug holds hope for recovering alcoholics.
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After two UNLV researchers discovered asbestos in Southern Nevada soil, they wanted to study it further. Why did state health authorities stand in their way?
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A battle is brewing over who can perform hypnotherapy, and who can’t. At stake: the careers of hypnotherapists — and the mental health of their clients
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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.
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Can Southern Nevada become a medical tourism destination? Judging by these specialists attracting patients from far and wide, we’re on our way. In the post-recession search for a more diverse — and thus secure — local economy, Las Vegas leaders have set their sights on medical tourism.