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The effects of homelessness on mental and overall health
According to the 2021 Southern Nevada Homeless Census and Survey, there are 5,083 individuals experiencing homelessness in Southern Nevada on any given night ...
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Health Care Headliner: Angelica Honsberg, MD, Chief, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, UNLV School of Medicine
Pulmonary medicine has never been so critical than during a pandemic caused by a respiratory virus. Dr. Angelica Honsberg has played a central role in ...
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Health Care Headliner: Zdenka Prus, MA, LCPC, Mobile Assessment Supervisor, Seven Hills Hospital
Suicide is consistently ranked among the leading causes of death in the United States—one of few that is 100% preventable. Zdenka Prus spends ...
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Health Care Headliner: Amy Runge, MED, BSN, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager, COVID-19 Testing Site Manager, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Despite her immense responsibility managing one of the state’s largest COVID-19 testing sites, Amy Runge maintains her unique ability to truly connect ...
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Health Care Headliner: John Brosious, MD, Plastic Surgeon, Director and Founder, Gender Surgery Program, UNLV School of Medicine
Dr. John Brosious doesn’t back down from a challenge. In fact, he doubles down. ...
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Health Care Headliner: Michael Daubs, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, UNLV School of Medicine, Chief of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
As a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Daubs specializes in treating adult and pediatric spinal disorders, but outside ...
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Health Care Headliner: Jeffrey Murawsky, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Director, SilverSummit Healthplan
Dr. Jeffrey Murawsky provides medical leadership for managed Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Marketplace health plans. But his focus is on improving the health ...
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Health Care Headliner: Jennifer Vanderlaan, PH.D., MPH, CNM, FNP, Assistant Professor, UNLV School of Nursing
Dr. Jennifer Vanderlaan is dedicated to building a maternity care system that provides families with safe and appropriate options ...
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Health Care Headliner: Terri Chandler, RDH, Founder and Executive Director, Future Smiles
For someone who has always loved science and wanted a career that could better the lives of others, dental hygiene offered the perfect opportunity for ...
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Health Care Headliner: Warren Wheeler, MD, Senior Medical Director of Palliative Care, Nathan Adelson Hospice
While many doctors enter the medical profession to save lives, Dr. Warren Wheeler finds gratitude in giving patients a peaceful, comfortable death. As a pioneer ...
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Health Care Headliner: Tamara Saldana, RN, Manager of Clinical Services & Quality, Cure 4 the Kids Foundation
When the pandemic hit, Tamara Saldana, RN, jumped into action to ensure her primary patients—immunosuppressed children fighting cancer—could count on ...
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Honoring Southern Nevada’s Health Care Headliners
These 10 headliners are leading the way—and making a mark in the industry and the health of our community as they forge their path.
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Health Care Quarterly's 2020 Top Doctors
Health Care Quarterly's 2020 Top Doctors
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Southern Nevada making strides on mental health care for youths
When Char Frost’s adolescent son began to show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression around 2005, she contacted mental health providers in Las Vegas ...
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Hospice exec: 'The acts of love and caring we see daily is rejuvenating'
Karen Rubel, who was tapped to succeed Carole Fisher as president and CEO of Nathan Adelson Hospice, talks about her vision for the organization and ...
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A time capsule for brain disease: Celebrating the past and looking ahead to the future
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, and while the last Alzheimer’s disease drug was approved 15 ...
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Specialty centers are helping remove barriers to health care
As one of the lowest ranking states for health care, according to U.S. News & World Report — determined by factors of access, quality and ...
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Nevada making progress fighting cancer at the legislative level
According to “How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality,” Nevada measured up to policy ...
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Tight clothes and desert heat can lead to male infertility
Infertility occurs in about 15% of couples, and in roughly a third of these couples, male infertility is usually the main issue...
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Threads of hope among strands of DNA
From the methods to stay ahead of a diagnosis to treating the disease, the breast cancer landscape has evolved in our lifetime.
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