Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada looks to open second free clinic
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 18:06:35 -0700 | health-news
Alan Lyford went from paying thousands of dollars a month for health insurance to being uninsured. The 82-year-old real estate broker fell on hard times during the recession and flat ran out of money...Now, Lyford is among the 2,600 uninsured...
Study: Fewer Nevada kindergartners are overweight
Source: SF Gate
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 19:24:19 -0700 | health-news
Nevada kindergartners are less likely to fritter away long periods of time in front of a TV than in past years, and fewer of them are overweight or obese, according to a new report from the University of Nevada ,...
Doctor describes ex-boss Desai as stingy
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 13:15:26 -0700 | health-news
Dr. Clifford Carrol described his one-time boss Thursday as not only a stingy doctor who constantly fretted over costs, but one who turned a blind eye on fraudulent medical forms that resulted in higher insurance bills and, therefore, higher reimbursements...
FDA v. Jack3d: Round 2
Source: Science-Based Medicine
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 22:45:52 -0700 | health-news
May 16 2013 Jack3d is a dietary supplement manufactured by USPlabs and promoted by the giant supplement retailer GNC as producing ultra-intense muscle-gorging strength, energy, power and endurance. FDA doesn't think is a proper dietary supplement ingredient at all and wants...
Witnesses testify about practices at Desai's clinic before hepatitis C outbreak
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 19:25:58 -0700 | health-news
Dr. Dipak Desai frequently complained about employees wasting supplies at his endoscopy clinic, a witness told jurors Wednesday. The witness, Daniel Sukhdeo, worked as a gastrointestinal technician at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada from August 2007 until a hepatitis...
Victim testifies she went to Desai's clinic well, left sick
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 20:00:54 -0700 | health-news
The story told Monday by Patty Aspinwall mirrored fellow victims' recollections about what happened to their bodies after they visited Dr. Dipak Desai's Las Vegas endoscopy clinics. Aspinwall visited Desai's clinic in September 2007 and was met with a waiting...
Assembly panel hears bill to boost insurance coverage of oral chemotherapy
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 22:03:45 -0700 | health-news
A legislative panel heard compelling testimony Friday in support of a bill that would require insurance companies that provide cancer coverage to pay a bigger share of the cost of new oral chemotherapy medications. Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, said...
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals to Present Corporate Update at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 ...
Source: The Motley Fool
Henderson :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 04:38:41 -0700 | health-news
Company's business strategy and commercial and development-stage programs will be given at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Health Care Conference being held at Encore at the Wynn in Las Vegas, NV. The Company presentation is on Tuesday, May 14,...
Hepatitis researcher testifies that two clusters came from Desai's patients
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 17:07:25 -0700 | health-news
A top federal hepatitis C researcher testified Thursday that he is absolutely certain two clusters of the deadly virus detected in 2007 sprung from infected patients who had procedures at Dr. Dipak Desai's clinic. Yury Khudyakov, of the Centers for...
Report: If you're ill, it pays to shop around hospitals in valley
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 11:32:15 -0700 | health-news
If you show up at Valley Hospital experiencing heart failure and shock with major complications, the charge for treatment is $109,869.45, nearly 2.5 times the treatment charge at University Medical Center, which is just a few steps away. And at...
Sandoval proposes $8 million more for Nevada's mental health needs
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 00:11:42 -0700 | health-news
Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday that he is proposing to direct $8 million in additional money received from a tobacco settlement to state mental health needs. Sandoval is proposing to spend $1.4 million to make physical improvements at the Rawson-Neal...
Juror dismissed from Desai hepatitis outbreak criminal trial
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 12:37:07 -0700 | health-news
A juror was dismissed Wednesday for misconduct in the hepatitis outbreak trial of Dr. Dipak Desai and nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman. Three days into the high-profile trial, District Judge Valerie Adair informed lawyers on both sides that she learned the...
Vegas jury asked to ignore hep C case 'hysteria'
Source: The Boston Globe
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 17:43:20 -0700 | health-news
Jurors will have to decide if a former endoscopy clinic owner and employees knew they were committing a crime, or if they simply made mistakes when seven of their patients became infected with incurable hepatitis C in 2007 including one...
Bill revived to help Filipino veterans settle claims
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 14:51:58 -0700 | health-news
Filipino veterans seeking long-delayed compensation for helping the United States fight World War II would receive help documenting their service under a bill revived Tuesday in Congress. The Filipino Veterans Promise Act directs the Defense Department and Department of Veterans...
Ex-doc's lawyer asks hep C jury to consider intent
Source: Boston.com
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 12:21:31 -0700 | health-news
A defense attorney is telling jurors they must decide if a former endoscopy clinic owner and employees knew they were committing a crime, or if they simply made a mistake when patients became infected with incurable hepatitis C in 2007...Desai...
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