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Dr. Declan Feery credits his great teaching to lessons learned from his attendings and co-residents while working with medical students.
Some of the biggest news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
UNLV researcher Soon Cho takes on the nascent space of human relationships with artificial intelligence, and the impacts of using chatbots for therapy.
Faria Tavacoli is the first Nevada student to be selected for the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service.
Members of the school's second graduating class, now fourth-year residents, are committed to serving Nevada together.
UNLV therapist Dawn Moore explains how to manage relationships, navigate tricky topics, and shares tips to stay happy as the sun sets on another year.
Medicine In The News

This week, the Food and Drug Administration said it's working to remove the “black box” warning on many hormone treatments for women with menopause symptoms. The 'black box' warning is the FDA's strongest drug label alert.

While they can be seen as a luxury, massages are often part of healthcare – here’s how they affect physical and mental health.

As we find ourselves back into the holiday season just thinking about managing the interactions ahead — with family, friends, and even our own thoughts — it can be a lot. It’s also easy to become overwhelmed with finances, complicated family relationships, or the current political climate and if you’re feeling weight on your shoulders, you’re certainly not alone.

We're taking a closer look at heart disease and examining the status of heart transplants in the wake of Dick Cheney's death. Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, died Monday at the age of 84 due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. He had his first heart attack at the unusually young age of 37. He would go on to survive four more before his heart declined enough to qualify for that transplant.

For a long time, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was thought to be a behavioral disorder. Developmental challenges that children and adults with ASD experience in communicating, learning, problem-solving, interacting with others and maintaining composure or control over behavior were interpreted only as impairments or problems to be fixed. However, these views on ASD are changing.
Men may need about twice as much weekly physical activity as women to achieve comparable cardiovascular benefits, a new study suggests.
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