It's tough to be Reno.

"The Biggest Little City in the World" is largely overshadowed by its bigger, glitzier brother to the south, Las Vegas.

Finding reliable objective measures for chronic pain is an important step to advancing pain management. Recently, investigators have identified a variety of pain biomarkers, understood as integral to nociceptive functioning, and have used them as therapeutic targets when assessing exercise as an intervention for chronic pain conditions. However, could such biomarkers function as actual objective measures for chronic pain, as well?

One city. Three debates.

Move over, gaming. We’re becoming a debate destination.

Donald Trump has called it a “great honor” that workers at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas had thus far declined to unionize. “They love me,” he said last month on the campaign trail.

Although Nevada often lags behind other states in health care statistics, there is reason to cheer, based on the results of a new survey.

An annual health survey of Nevada kindergartners shows a big drop in the percentage of children without health insurance, a change that researchers attribute to more use of Medicaid benefits.

When Barbara Atkinson arrived in Las Vegas a year ago as the planning dean of UNLV’s new medical school, she spent her first months meeting community members.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas was dealt a big victory this week when it was chosen to host the final presidential debate before next year's general election, an effort aimed at thrusting UNLV into the national spotlight as it strives to become a better-recognized research institution.