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Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah biochemist Danny Chou, Ph.D., is one of four researchers worldwide to receive a grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi US...

(U.S. News & World Report) - President Barack Obama sketched out an ambitious vision of medical research Thursday powered by a vast pool of research volunteers, a growing understanding of...

A Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah-led initiative to help people with rare and untreatable diseases was highlighted by the White House at the Precision Medicine Initiative Summit today. Patient Empowered Precision Medicine...

(Deseret News) - A committee of lawmakers overwhelmingly voted down a bill Tuesday that would have implemented a comprehensive sex education program in Utah schools.

With three sets of breast cancer screening guidelines giving conflicting sets of recommendations, it’s no wonder that patients and physicians are confused. A new study shows that adding to the...

(Chemical & Engineering News) - Mitochondria, a cell’s power plants, have been implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases. In Alzheimer’s disease, dysfunctioning mitochondria produce abnormally high levels of reactive oxidative species...

(The New York Times) - Whooping cough, a potentially life-threatening childhood illness, all but disappeared in the 1940s after a vaccine was developed. Why is it making a comeback now...

(Healthline) - Researchers say they now have data to back up their contention that a vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV) can significantly reduce the disease in teenage girls and...

(Deseret News) - When Jason Clark learned his father needed a liver transplant, he volunteered.

Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah Health Care performed its first adult-to-adult, living-donor liver transplant Tuesday. Jason Clark, 28, donated part of his liver to his father, Lynn Clark, 57.

(NBC) - Zika virus shows up in urine, saliva and semen. And it seems to go right to the brain in fetuses, but nowhere else in their bodies.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City next week to spotlight the administration's "moonshot" effort to cure cancer.

(Deseret News) - The future of successful treatment for Utah’s mentally ill is at severe risk should House Bill 18 pass through the 2016 Utah legislative session.

(Medscape) - A multipronged quality improvement project, including the use of a value-driven outcomes computer tool, can decrease the number of laboratory tests and associated costs during hospital admissions, according...

(KSL) - When Jason Clark learned his father needed a liver transplant, he volunteered.

(Bloomberg) - Vivian Lee, chief executive officer at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah Health Care, talks about advances made in the fight against cancer, the state of health care in the United...

(Herald Journal) - The legislative session’s third medical marijuana bill passed unanimously through its Senate committee Tuesday, a resolution urging Congress to reclassify marijuana from its current Schedule I classification...

(Fox 13) - Caregivers fall short when it comes to taking care of themselves, that’s according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

(KUTV) - A Utah research company has teamed up with the Huntsman Cancer Foundation in an effort to raise funds and awareness for cancer research.

(Calgary Herald) - Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Reducing this burden requires high-quality medical care not only to prevent this disease, but also to provide...

(MedPage Today) - Heart attack patients are more likely to die or return to the hospital in the first 60 days after discharge if they had cardiogenic shock but the...

(Cardiovascular Business) - A cross-sectional, population-based study found that 16.8 million U.S. adults may benefit from lowering their systolic blood pressure goal to less than 120 mm Hg based on...

Media and the community are invited to an Open House to tour the facilities and learn about Center for Alzheimer's Research Imaging and Care, the educational resources at the Brain...

(Deseret News) - It was a different cast of characters testifying about the need for Medicaid expansion in Utah Thursday.