Health Series

Health Series, Side Roads

Instead of Opioids

Alternative treatments provide options for chronic pain sufferers

Nov
2019

Health Series, Spotlight

Building Bridges to Better Health

Amanda was three months pregnant when she hitchhiked from her home in Washington to The ...

Oct
2019

Health Series, Side Roads

Battling Breast Cancer in Alaska

Mobile mammography saves lives in rural areas

Oct
2019
Alaskan home.

Health Series, Spotlight

It Takes a Village

With the nearest hospital a plane ride away from their remote village just south of the Arctic Circle, the Iñupiat people of Buckland, Alaska, rely on a unique health care model to meet the needs of their community.

Sep
2019
Maddie Engles, pictured with therapy horse Jingo

Health Series, Side Roads

Horse Therapy Helps Patients Heal

“All sorts of magical things happen when you’re on a horse.”

Aug
2019
Pills spilling out of a bottle

Health Series, Spotlight

Coming Out of the Dark

Survivors shine light on the opioid epidemic.

Jul
2019
Nursing student Quincy Heithecker treats Allen Hardman’s thumb

Health Series

An Idaho Town’s Little Clinic That Could

In early 2014, when the global commodities market softened, the tiny central Idaho town of ...

Jun
2019
UNLV Professor Dr. Jay Morgenstern examines a patient at the RAM clinic while a UNLV dentistry student observes.

Health Series, Spotlight

A Life-Changing Legacy

At 74 and 76, Patty and Stu Wineman aren’t likely to camp out in line ...

May
2019
The Tooth Taxi

Health Series

All Aboard the Tooth Taxi

Mobile clinic provides free dental care to uninsured children

Apr
2019
The Deschutes Rim Health Clinic in Maupin, Oregon.

Health Series, Spotlight

No Doctor in the House

Rural communities struggle with shortage of medical providers

Mar
2019