- Marijuana Dispensary Opening on Hold (kolotv.com)One toke over the line: Race on to develop 'pot breathalyzer' (reuters.com)
..delay in opening is a result of the Legislature requiring the Department of Agriculture to list pesticides legal for use on marijuana.
- Southern Nevada doctors push for mammograms after study says they don’t reduce breast cancer deaths (reviewjournal.com)
new study showing mammograms might not reduce breast cancer deaths doesn’t change the advice of Southern Nevada doctors who say women should screen themselves on a regular basis...“Mammograms remain our most important diagnostic tool to detect breast cancers at the earliest stage,...In Nevada, 1,700 women will be newly diagnosed each year, and 150 will die.
- Code Blue at Tahoe Pacific Hospital (rgj.com)
State investigation, internal documents and former employees bring to light concerns about shortcomings at Tahoe Pacific Hospital.
-Medical missteps
-Equipment failures
-Untrained staff
-'I ring and ring and ring'
-Not enough nurses
- How medical education will change in Northern Nevada (rgj.com)
...University of Nevada Medical School...Currently operating as a split school in Reno and Las Vegas, medical education and care will change dramatically in the state thanks to the 2015 Legislature,...
- Immunization Requirements For Nevada Students (kolotv.com)
Making Sure Your Child Has The Proper Immunizations Before The School Year Starts.
- Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong receives National D.A.R.E Award (nevadaappeal.com)
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong is being honored by D.A.R.E America and the Drug Enforcement Agency as the 2015 DEA/D.A.R.E Law Enforcement Executive of the Year. The award is given to a law enforcement officer who is committed to drug prevention and enforcement.
- Nevada state hospital inspection agency critically understaffed (rgj.com)
Nevada agency (Nevada Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance) in charge of making sure hospitals and other health care facilities are following regulations and keeping patients safe is overwhelmed with an "enormous workload" and can't hire enough inspectors to keep up with demand...
- Nevada pursues death chamber, controversial drug (reviewjournal.com)
Nevada has no executions on the immediate horizon but is pushing ahead to build a new death chamber at Ely State Prison and would use... midazolam and hydromorphone to administer a lethal injection and has an adequate supply of these drugs to carry out an execution if ordered,.. almost assuredly would spawn lawsuits..
- Federal tool details financial links between doctors, medical industry (reviewjournal.com)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments report,…to detail the financial relationships between health care companies and doctors and hospitals…Nationwide,.. doctors and research hospitals collected nearly $6.5 billion…
■ Dr. Michael Reis…$2.5 million (Carson City)
■ Dr. Fadi Braiteh…$500,000 (Las Vegas)
■ Dr. James Del Rosso…$405,000 (Las Vegas)
■ Drs. Troy Watson…$300,000 (Las Vegas)
- Clark County Medical Society Announces 2015 Winged Heart Award and Student Rising Star Award Winners (prlog.org)
Clark County Medical Society announced the 2015 recipients of the Third Annual Winged Heart Award (Tammy Wert RN - University Medical Center; Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation) and the Student Rising Star Award.(Lindsey Murphy University of Nevada School of Medicine; Robert Wills - Touro University Nevada College of Medicine)...