Since Dec. 1, 2012, online physician reviews from tens of thousands of patients have been posted on Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ of Utah Health Care’s website. With a five star ranking, the Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ...
(KSL) - A virus long thought to be relatively harmless is now at the center of a growing health crisis, linked to the dramatic rise of babies being born with...
Tiny mosquitoes are causing big problems — and making big headlines — in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The Zika virus is causing panic due to a possible...
That research mission of the college, one of the first nursing research institutions in the West, has earned a No. 2 ranking for 2015 funding* from the National Institutes of...
(Fox 13) - All adults should be screened for depression. That’s one of the recommendations from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force.
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(KSL) - While the science of projecting what will happen in a concussion is still in its infancy, a Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ of Utah researcher believes an often overlooked structure in the...
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Jan 25, 2016
(Success) - When you accomplish a huge goal and the initial buzz is over, you’re wondering, 'Now what?' right? Here’s how to cope with the letdown that follows.
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Jan 25, 2016
(FiveThirtyEight) - When is $100 million not $100 million? When it’s a proxy, maybe even something akin to a bet.
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Jan 24, 2016
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah Sen. Daniel Thatcher said his first experience with suicide came at age 11, when a classmate made that choice.
There is a gaping hole in the biomedical sciences that desperately needs to be filled. Only 0.6 percent of scientists and 0.3 percent of physicians are Native Americans, making them...
(FiveThirtyEight) - Keeping people at home is the goal of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. On Thursday, officials celebrated this new partnership.
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Jan 22, 2016
(NPR) - Stillbirth remains largely hidden from society, and the tragic loss of a fetus late in pregnancy remains far too common.
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Jan 22, 2016
(The Washington Post) - Emergency rooms are health care’s front line - in the United States, there are nearly 45 ER visits per 100 people in any given year. But...
The campaign to immunize children to protect against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) has never quite gone mainstream. And new research from Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ of Utah College of Nursing Assistant Professor...
(Daily Mail) - Many of us think of baking soda as little more than a vital part of the recipe to make cakes and cookies. But a new study has...
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Jan 20, 2016
(KSL) - Jerry Griffiths sits lovingly by his wife's bedside at the Huntsman Cancer Institute waiting for her to wake up. By now, the drill is all too common. Kristie...
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a grant of $115,000 to the John A. Moran Eye Center at the Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ of Utah to support research into the causes, treatment...
(The Boston Globe) - Imagine rushing a loved one to the emergency room, only to find treatment is impossible because a needed drug is out of stock.
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(Modern Health Care) - When Salt Lake City residents search the Web for physician reviews, they're likely to come across a set of ratings from an unlikely source: the Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ...
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Jan 15, 2016
(Deseret News) - There was controversy from the moment Gardasil hit the market in 2006. Ten years later, doctors and nurses are still trying to fight lingering misinformation that has...
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Jan 15, 2016
(USA Today) - The West Coast offense is employed by nearly half of the NFL -- and researchers found that it could be putting players on those teams at risk.
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Jan 14, 2016
(Fox 13) - Dr. David Smart with Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµ of Utah Dermatology tells us why now is the best time to treat damaged skin. Winter is a great time to focus...
Combat veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan experienced an average of 21 blasts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during the course of their military service. While the explosions...