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Ying Guo, 2026 Community-Based Research Award recipient, works with Boys Town Nevada to improve support systems available for Clark County children and families.
The citywide competition brings UNLV faculty and staff together for friendly rivalry and wellness.
The group will address Nevada’s historically low vaccination rates through education, training, and advocacy initiatives; first community meeting set for April 23.
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The UNLV alumna-turned-professor has taught thousands of students about their bodies and how to keep themselves safe.
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A recent article published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology has concluded that sleep-aligned extended overnight fasting improves nighttime and daytime cardiometabolic function. The results support that if at least 3 hours before sleep nothing is eaten, then heart health, blood pressure, and the way food is processed, including glucose regulation, are improved.
Manoj Sharma, a tenured professor of social and behavioral health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told The Epoch Times that a constantly busy schedule keeps the brain in a state of high alert, resulting in rapid beta waves visible on an electroencephalogram (EEG). This chronic overactivation depletes energy, leading to stress, burnout, mental fatigue, poor sleep, decreased work efficiency, and emotional neglect.

Both UNLV and Nevada State have already done so. UNLV became a smoke-free campus Aug. 15, 2022, banning all forms of tobacco and any nicotine delivery device that has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for cessation.
Manoj Sharma, a professor of social and behavioral health and internal medicine, answers queries on understanding and coping with early-stage glaucoma.

According to a report by the Nevada Institute For Children's Research and Policy, at UNLV, about 10.3% of high school students in the county who took a survey last year said that they tried electronic vapes for the first time before the age of 13.
Manvinder, a 62-year-old college professor from Minnesota, went for a routine eye examination. His ophthalmologist told him that he had high intraocular pressure in his left eye and would need laser treatment. As a diabetic, he was worried about this diagnosis and approached us for advice.
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