UNLV dietitian Samantha Coogan on the pros and cons of organic vs. gluten-free, avoiding the afternoon sugar or caffeine crash, and making healthy options fun.
Ninth annual check of state’s entering kindergartners showed more have health insurance, yet barriers to health care access still exist.
UNLV is a host site for the federally-funded Journey program, which puts Native American and other minority high school students interested in health research into college labs.
UNLV's athletic training program grads make it to the big leagues.
Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.
UNLV School of Medicine's inaugural class prepare for first day as med students in stethoscope ceremony.
Benjamin Burroughs studies how new media industries channel children’s attention.
The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network helps 13 universities support the faculty and research that will improve human health in seven states.
Nursing professor Jay Tan uses pharmacogenetics to unlock the medications and dosages that work for a patient's individual genetic makeup.
Brach Poston's research on electrical stimulation shows promise for Parkinson's patients.
Husband-and-wife team Dustin and Rochelle Hines research brain cells in their quest for solutions to degenerative diseases and developmental disorders.
New predictive model shows radiation from cosmic rays extends from damaged to otherwise healthy “bystander” cells, effectively doubling cancer risk.