Health

Grim numbers show Nevada leads nation in suicides over 60: Monday, February 8, 2010; By Abigail Goldman; Suicide statistics are a grim science, one that dresses data in careful terms, like "attempt-to-completion ratio." That's the number of attempted suicides compared to the number of successful suicides. Or, more casually, the number of nightmares to horrors. Sometimes it's the coldest calculations that best reveal our most complicated human conditions.

Anatomy of a travesty: The Dipak Desai colonoscopy scandal: Monday, February 8, 2010; Two years later, there is still no resolution - or punishment; Joan Travis; Two years later, there is still no resolution - or punishment - in the Dipak Desai colonoscopy scandal.

Henderson City Council approves new ambulance service: Wednesday, February 3, 2010; Several members of private company are employees of the Henderson Fire Department; By Erin Dostal; The Henderson City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to grant RBR Management, LLC, a private ambulance company, a business license to operate in the city.

Deals make politics, but deal-makers can suffer: Sunday, January 31, 2010; Politics:; By Lisa Mascaro; Once the derisive nickname emerged — the “Cornhusker kickback” — it was all over.

Agency says Nevada has most heavy drinkers: Saturday, January 30, 2010; By Cy Ryan; CARSON CITY — Not many women would consider themselves heavy boozers for having one drink a day.

Father desperately seeking donor for life-saving bone marrow transplant: Friday, January 29, 2010; By Erin Dostal; If Fulgencio Garcia is in pain, he doesn’t let it show — especially not around his three children. He still goes to work every day, driving a truck. It’s important, he says, to demonstrate to his sons the value of a hard day’s work.

Obama urges lawmakers to fix health care system: Wednesday, January 27, 2010; The Associated Press; Declaring "I don't quit," President Barack Obama fought to recharge his embattled presidency with a State of the Union vow to get jobless millions back to work and stand on the side of Americans angry at Wall Street greed and Washington bickering. Defiant despite stinging setbacks, he said he would fight on for ambitious overhauls of health care, energy and education.

H1N1 virus blamed in death of 77-year-old woman: Wednesday, January 27, 2010; By Tiffany Gibson; The Southern Nevada Health District reported today that a woman died within the past week from the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, bringing the total number of deaths in Southern Nevada to 37.

Harry Reid: 'There is no rush' on health care reform: Tuesday, January 26, 2010; By Lisa Mascaro; WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vowed to press on with health care reform today while insisting “there is no rush” to finish the landmark legislation that has become stalled after last week’s election of a Republican senator from Massachusetts.

Free medical clinic opens with goal of increasing access to care: Tuesday, January 26, 2010; By Marshall Allen; For all the controversy over its proposal to provide free health care in a public park, Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada quietly opened its clinic doors last week.

UMC: Patient info leaks likely date back to July: Monday, January 25, 2010; By Marshall Allen; For more than three months someone at University Medical Center illegally leaked the personal information of traffic accident victims — a breach of social security numbers, birth dates and more that only stopped when the Las Vegas Sun contacted the hospital about it.

18 cases tied to hepatitis C outbreak settled: Monday, January 25, 2010; By Cara McCoy; Eighteen civil cases related to the hepatitis C outbreak have been settled. District court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said the settlements vary in amount but that Nevada Mutual Insurance settled with 18 individuals today in district court. The cases are the first to be settled.

As attention shifts from health care, a new focus for Washington: Jobs: Monday, January 25, 2010; Democrats bear brunt of populist criticism that the party can’t fix the broken economy; By Lisa Mascaro; The first time then-President-elect Barack Obama assembled his economic team on a December day in Chicago in 2008, the prognosis was dire. The president embarked on an ambitious series of proposals that most economists believe saved the country from an even worse downturn in 2009.

Boulder City participating in discount prescription program: Saturday, January 23, 2010; By Tiffany Gibson; Boulder City residents will soon be eligible for an average 20 percent discount off the price of prescription drugs through a program sponsored by the National League of Cities and CVS Caremark.

Tanning salon owners: Please drop the skin tax: Thursday, January 21, 2010; By Buck Wargo; Even though it is one of the nation’s sunniest places, the Las Vegas Valley is home to at least 86 tanning salons, according to the most recent phone book. Celebrities and tourists alike go for quick brownings before strutting their stuff in Strip nightclubs, and the valley’s many strippers frequent the salons, as do casino cocktail waitresses who feel like being tan makes them more attractive, which in turn helps them earn more tips.