This is the second story in a three-part series on virtual reality.  We’re a ways from using it in areas such as surgery and other medical procedures, but virtual reality (VR) is playing an increasingly larger role in health care. ...

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A new two-story, mixed-use structure in Victor will house the new Victor Drug, a relocated Victor Clinic on ground level and three apartments on the second floor. The clinic opens Aug. 8, relocating into twice as much space from repurposed ...

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Automobile-centric modern America is rigged against good health, says an urban health expert. Richard Joseph Jackson, a pediatrician and professor at the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA, called for making dense development, walking and bicycling a priority. Jackson, ...

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A new Eagle health care operator and developer is proposing building two 99-bed skilled nursing homes near the Saint Alphonsus hospitals in Boise and Nampa. The Boise Design Review Committee will evaluate plans for a Curtis Road facility by the ...

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The new Saint Alphonsus Medical Office Building in Nampa started admitting specialty patients in the past month. Located next to Saint Alphonsus Health Plaza, the $13.5 million facility offers services such as rehabilitation, maternal fetal medicine, cardiology, orthopedics, and obstetrics/gynecology. ...

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You get to a certain age, and perhaps you’re not as fit as you once were. All of a sudden, the thought of working out with 20-somethings and 30-somethings is pretty much a deal killer. That’s how a Boise dinner ...

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West Valley Medical Center is more than quadrupling the size of its catheterization lab to give Canyon County its first advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology Catheterization Lab. The $3 million project broke ground Oct. 15 with expected completion in April. The move ...

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Pocatello-based Safe Haven Healthcare is bringing the town of Bellevue a pair of skilled nursing homes and an assisted living home to house 48 people. The three-building, 30-acre campus under construction is called Bell Mountain Village, and Chief Executive Scott ...

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