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(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Geneticists using software developed at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah have identified the mutation that causes a mysterious, previously unnamed affliction that has killed several baby...

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Doctors from all four major hospital networks in the state of Utah stood together Thursday in a show of support for better patient...

(Deseret News) - Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death in American women and, if caught early, can push the five-year survival rate up to 90 percent, according to...

(Reuters) - A new poll shows parents are split over whether their newborns should be screened for fragile X syndrome, the most common type of inherited mental disability.

(Deseret News) - PARK CITY - Mortui vivos docent.

(ABC News) - Evidence of the troubling increase in prescription drug abuse has reached hospital emergency rooms, which report increasing medication-related suicide attempts among women 50 and older.

(TIME) - One in 10 mothers give birth prematurely, a biological mystery that often comes with little warning and a sideshow of dangerous health repercussions. Doctors historically have had little...

(Science Daily) - Researchers working with zebrafish have identified previously undiscovered high-risk genetic features in T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.

(U.S. News & World Report) - A new study shows that a retrovirus called XMRV is not present in the blood of people with chronic fatigue syndrome, a finding that...

(The Wall Street Journal) - Shortages of drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have sent patients and their families on a hunt for pharmacies with drugs in stock.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Doctors have few ways of identifying which first-time pregnant women will suffer from preterm birth, miscarriage or stillbirth.

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Sarah Reeder found out through her first ultrasound that she had lost not one, but her first two babies, as the twins hadn't...

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Four years ago, cheerleader Tayler Hansen was diagnosed with scoliosis - a curving of her spine. If left uncorrected, it would eventually push...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Hundreds of rural Utahns have been helped by a federal grant that assists patients and families in finding extended care during serious illnesses, a state...

(The Washington Post) - Unprecedented surge in drug shortages plagues hospitals, patients across the United States.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - For years, we've been told to drink eight glasses of water a day.

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - No more anxiously waiting on hold for a doctor's office to make an appointment, refill a prescription, check test results or ask a...

(The New York Times) - People with chronic pain often discover that getting the care they need at an affordable price can be challenging. Here are some suggestions that may...

(The Seattle Times) - SALT LAKE CITY - Few, if any, patients who check into the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute for surgery or chemotherapy will give a moment’s...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A hospital stay accompanied by noise, light and interrupted sleep in unfamiliar surroundings can be a weird experience for anyone but particularly for elderly people...

(The New York Times) - A committee voted that the agency approve the first test that can show Alzheimer’s in the brain of a living person.

(NPR) - Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, a pediatrician and bioethicist at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah, speaks to NPR's Michele Norris about the ethics of genetic screening for childhood diseases. He says...

(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - If you knew you were genetically predisposed for skin cancer, would you slather on more sunblock? Would you get your children tested for melanoma?

(NPR) - Humidifiers are often the first line of defense for parents trying to help a miserable child with a cold or flu. But raising the humidity in a child's...