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Las Vegas' Best Doctors 2013
Welcome to Vegas Seven’s third annual guide to our city’s leading physicians
February 21st, 2013
Get in Superhero Shape
January 10th, 2013
Danny Shepherd, preparing for a role as Nightwing, details his exercise regimen for a life of fighting crime. Read more »
The Obesity War
Weight-Loss Wager
January 10th, 2013
Not long ago, a fellow writer told me that the time he lost the most weight was when he bet a friend he could do it. We’d been talking about financial incentives for dieting—in particular about a recent study indicating that paying for lost pounds could help in the fight against obesity. Read more »
True Beauty
What to eat, drink and do for an inside-out glow
January 10th, 2013
At some point in their lives, children of caring parents are likely to hear, “True beauty is on the inside.” Then comes adolescence, and the mythology passed from older siblings and cousins: Eating carrots darkens your tan; Jell-O makes your fingernails grow. By adulthood, the corporate world of gyms, supplements and surgeries has got you. Your head is full of advice for making your hair shinier, skin tauter and teeth whiter. Read more »
Knights in White Lab Coats
UC San Diego and the Desert Research Institute rescued the Nevada Cancer Institute. Will they all live happily ever after?
May 24th, 2012
Reported and rumored causes for the Nevada Cancer Institute’s demise abound: A stand-alone nonprofit clinic didn’t have a prayer in this market. There were too many administrators for too few doctors and patients. Management overspent on marketing, while ignoring community connections. Covenants with Summerlin tied researchers’ hands. Read more »
Top Docs 2012
Your guide to the best medicine in Las Vegas
February 23rd, 2012
For the second year, Vegas Seven celebrates this all-important field by teaming up with Consumers’ Checkbook of Washington, D.C., to present the guide to our city’s leading physicians. Read more »
The Obamacare Exodus
If the health-care law comes into effect, would our doctors really leave the business?
February 23rd, 2012
In 2014, most of the provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—known to its close friends as Obamacare—are set to take effect. Of course, it’s possible that President Mitt Romney or the U.S. Supreme Court would have something to say about that, but health-care reform is close enough at hand that many in Nevada are already beginning to wonder—and worry—what it will mean for them. Read more »
Of Many Minds
In the battle against Parkinson’s disease, the Ruvo Center’s Ryan Walsh gives science a human touch
February 9th, 2012
It’s August 2011, and a stylish, dark-haired 81-year-old named Rhoda Starker waits in an exam room at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to see the newest doctor in the building. Read more »
Hot Fitness Trends
January 12th, 2012
Piloxing: Hollywood’s newest trend—starring Kirsten Dunst as a rabid enthusiast—will soon be yours. This hybrid workout mixes Pilates and boxing for a cardiovascular and core workout usually done barefoot. Read more »
The 21-Minute Workout
January 12th, 2012
That New Year’s fitness resolution sounds impressive right now; what’s stopping you from achieving it? Yeah, Branden Collinsworth calls your bluff. The local fitness guru and co-founder of the Jump for Joy Foundation knows your type—good intentions; not-so-good follow-through—and so he offers his home remedy. Read more »
