Across the United States, research shows that longer work hours and increasingly busy lifestyles are leaving people more socially isolated than ever. While workaholics may appear to be high achievers, their relentless drive often comes at a cost to their health and relationships.

Diabetic retinopathy is a serious complication of diabetes (both type 1 and type 2) due to uncontrolled sugar management that causes damage to eye vessels, leading to blindness. According to a recent study published in JAMA Ophthalmology (2023), approximately one-third or 9.6 million people with diabetes had this condition, with 1.8 million having an advanced vision-threatening form of it.

While you kick back, nasty bacteria go to work. Here's why you shouldn't soak those dirty dishes.

A top infectious disease expert at UNLV said Friday that he’s keeping a close eye on the ongoing measles outbreak in two of Nevada’s neighboring states, Utah and Arizona, which had grown to 140 cases.

Measles is making its rounds again. The most recent outbreak was in South Carolina where the Department of Public Health reported 8 new cases, bringing the state count to 33. But it's not just happening in South Carolina, measles is all over the country. As of this week, the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is 1,648 cases. For context, measles was practically eliminated in the US with a record low of 86 cases two decades ago.

The number of states with high adult obesity rates declined in 2024 for the first time in more than a decade — but obesity rates are still increasing in Nevada, according to a new report on federal data.