(Reuters) - Pediatricians in the United States write more than 10 million unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions every year for conditions such as the flu and asthma, contributing to potentially dangerous drug...
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Nov 01, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - A team of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah investigators has received a $2.96 million grant to fund research on genes that cause Down syndrome and...
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - There are dozens of uses for sawdust, including gardening, animal bedding and liquid absorbents, but one use people may not be familiar with...
(The Wall Street Journal) - When you roll up your sleeve for an annual flu shot, have you ever stopped to consider how well vaccination against the disease actually works?
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Oct 26, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - It's already called the Ritz-Carlton of hospitals, and the newest expansion will nearly double the Huntsman Cancer Institute's capacity for high-end cancer care.
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Oct 25, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute announced Monday they can successfully grow fragments of breast cancer cells into tumors in mice - a step in a...
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Oct 21, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - One in eight women can expect a breast cancer diagnosis in their lives.
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Oct 21, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - One in 15 Utah adults seriously considered suicide in the past year, the highest rate in the nation, according to a new report.
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Oct 18, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Is gastric bypass surgery one way to solve the nation's diabetes epidemic?
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Oct 14, 2011
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - Damon Draheim died 17 times before he received a new heart and words can't even describe how much it means to him to be...
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Oct 06, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Wanting to improve the care of people with autism, the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah will develop an autism "one stop shop" for parents and professionals.
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Oct 05, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Access to palliative care for seriously ill Utahns lags behind most of the nation, despite many studies that show patients who receive comfort care even...
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Sep 27, 2011
(KSL) - WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Monday, President Barack Obama took time to honor 94 early-career scientists and engineers for their promising research, including one Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah scientist who...
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Sep 23, 2011
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - A 5-year-old boy has a new lease on life thanks to a surgeon and his charitable foundation. It's a story of bullying and the...
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Sep 23, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Bill Boren can swim again, thanks to a surgery new to North America.
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Sep 20, 2011
(Deseret News) - PERRY, (Box Elder County) - Lester Crow has the look of a man who survived a fire as he sits in an easy chair in his daughter's...
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Sep 14, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - When artist Amy Caron enters a room, you can't help but have your attention drawn to her. She's been wearing the same wedding...
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Sep 14, 2011
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - A giant suspended MRI scanner that moves in and out of an operating room has literally opened a new door for removing brain tumors.
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Aug 31, 2011
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - A team of doctors from Utah recently returned from a trip to El Salvador, where they performed free joint replacement surgeries to over 40...
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Aug 30, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A record nationwide drug shortage is worsening, delaying the delivery of life-saving medicines to patients and distracting pharmacists who must spend more of their time...
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Aug 07, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - There was a time when 10-year-old Elizabeth Watson hated the burn scars that wrapped around her legs, arms, feet and part of her head, "thinking...
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Jul 21, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Fewer hospitals in the country are out-performing themselves and others each year, according to the latest survey by U.S. News & World Report.
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Jul 11, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - When Nancy Powell's walking along, the residual effects of a stroke seven years ago following a severe car crash are well hidden.
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Jul 04, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Watch a life-saving drug flow into the arm of a loved one who has cancer or reach for prescription medication to ease your...