The Atria Sutton assisted living community invited students from the UNLV Physical Therapy department, who have conducted balance assessments and other health-focused information sessions, to participate in a ballroom dancing event.

Health officials say it is "highly unlikely" that the recent meningitis outbreak at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., will spread during students' holiday travels, but recommend students get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Next time you reach for a bottle of hot sauce, consider this: you may be getting a little lead in addition to that spicy kick. After analyzing 25 bottles of hot sauce manufactured in Mexico and South America, researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) found lead amidst the chili peppers and salt.

The chilies in your favorite hot sauce may give you more of a kick than you bargained for.

Placenta encapsulation is a two-day process that converts afterbirth into pills.

The growing practice of women consuming their placenta has caught the attention of two UNLV researchers, who this week published the first experiential study on human placentophagia.