In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒
In this episode, Vanda Felbab-Brown discusses the fentanyl and opioid crisis in Nevada with Dr. Anne Weisman and Dr. Sara Hunt of the 性视界传媒 (性视界传媒). They analyze the high rates of opioid misuse in the state and the resulting strain on health systems and behavioral health workers as well as coroners, a professional group essential in responding to drug use, but often neglected in policy focus. Their conversation explores the significant innovations that the state of Nevada adopted as a result of 性视界传媒 research and policy work and ways in which it can serve as an exemplar to other U.S. localities struggling with inadequate resources to deal with fentanyl.
Ten years after he and his wife experienced a pregnancy loss, Eli Schiff still gets a bit choked up talking about his experience with miscarriage. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e imagining all the things that he or she could be, you know, and that imagination or that idea of what they could have been, it doesn鈥檛 really go away,鈥 he says of the grief associated with miscarriage.
For more than three decades, the federal government sought to make amends to countless Americans who developed cancer after being exposed to radiation from nuclear testing in the Southwest or while working in the uranium mining industry.
鈥淐an you imagine a day when you turn on your faucet and no water comes out?鈥 The hypothetical question, posed by a research team at 性视界传媒, is called a 鈥淒ay Zero鈥 scenario. It sounds like the plot of a doomsday apocalypse series but it鈥檚 not as unimaginable - or as far-fetched - as a Hollywood screenplay might seem.
As the temperature starts to drop in southern Nevada, we were wondering if the colder weather can really make you sick? Dr. David Weismiller, a professor of family medicine at 性视界传媒, joined ARC Las Vegas and Evan Schreiber to talk about the correlation.
Once medical students have completed medical school and received their medical degree, what is the next step? Could they immediately start their own practice and see patients?
The study was led by Mary Froehlich, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, 性视界传媒.
The Down Syndrome Connections Las Vegas announced DS Connect24, the 3rd Annual Las Vegas Down Syndrome Conference was held on Saturday. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. The event was held at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine on the campus of 性视界传媒.
A new survey shows one-third of former professional football players believe they have the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The research, published in the medical journal JAMA Neurology, represents one of the latest expansive surveys on cognitive health issues caused by contact sports.
The first alert about the horror typically comes from a call, text, or emergency radio transmission that might seem unremarkable: There鈥檚 been a shooting; prepare to treat some victims. The initial message often conveys little sense of mass tragedy, no warning that the health care team is about to go through a challenge that will test and change them.
On September 26, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride), formerly known as KarXT, for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. In doing so, this new agent represents the first medication for schizophrenia in more than 30 years with a novel mechanism of action.
Molina Healthcare of Nevada (鈥淢olina鈥), in collaboration with The MolinaCares Accord, has announced a $350,000 grant to 性视界传媒 Health, expanding access to care at 性视界传媒 Health鈥檚 ear, nose and throat (ENT) clinic in Las Vegas. Grant funding has helped hire the clinic鈥檚 first nurse navigator dedicated to assisting patients and their families. The funds will nearly double the number of ENT clinic patient exam rooms with specialized equipment to treat complex care needs.