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A variant in a gene called Complement Factor H (CFH) appears to contribute to the increased risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration.

One of the world's leading neurologists in Alzheimer's disease imaging and treatment has joined the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, students from the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utahs School of Medicine, as well as the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Health, are starting school...

Jack H. Petajan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurology and School of Medicine faculty member for 36 years, died Wednesday, June 22, after a courageous battle against biliary cancer and its...

Parents, siblings, and children of men with prostate cancer face a 20–30 percent greater risk of getting nine other types of cancer.

A researcher from the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center presented the findings of the first major study on appropriate Medicare reimbursements for chemotherapy services to cancer patients on...

For the 25 percent of American women who suffer excessive menstrual bleeding and severe abdominal pain because of uterine fibroids, a non-surgical procedure now offered at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah Hospitals...

The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah Hospital Stroke Center has been named a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

For the second year in a row, the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center Web site has been named one of the 50 best science and technology Web sites...

A recent Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah School of Medicine study is recommending to many Hispanic immigrants in Salt Lake City that drinking tap water is safe.

A genetic variation seen worldwide in which people either taste or do not taste a bitter, synthetic compound called PTC has been preserved by natural selection, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah and...

The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah School of Medicine's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine is the nation's No. 3 family medicine department in grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Residents of South Jordan can now access the vast medical services available at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah from their own neighborhood at the newly opened South Jordan Health Center.

Skin color and other physical traits often used to define race are based on a small number of genes and sometimes, but not always, reveal information about an individual's genetic...

A human gene named ATR normally protects people by preventing the replication of cells damaged by radiation or toxic chemicals. Now, Utah and New York researchers have discovered how a...

A recent study by Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah researchers shows that women who enlist the help of their mothers or daughters exercised more regularly and with better results.

Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah medical physicist Dennis D. Leavitt, Ph.D., who is nationally recognized for his contributions to cancer research, education, and clinical care through radiation oncology, will receive award.

On June 6 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah will begin work on a 100,000-square-foot, three-level facility will incorporate the eight major orthopedic subspecialties.

The $42.5 million project, will be the hospital's first expansion in more than 20 years.

Is Eight Enough? U Researcher Says Drink Up and Tells Why

A couple of old standbys—defibrillators and pacemakers—are reducing the risk of death by up to 40 percent in people whose hearts don't pump enough blood.