(Voice of America) - Each year, an estimated 500,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa develop the most serious form of malaria, so-called cerebral malaria. Experts say many of those who do...
In the News
Dec 18, 2012
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - A 15-year-old howler monkey at Utah's Hogle Zoo is breathing easier after surgery Tuesday, during which a severe case of sinusitis was cleared out.
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - There could be a surprising new weapon in the fight against cancer. Initial tests show the HIV virus can drastically minimize, and even help...
(Deseret News) - Remember how you spent hours and hours sitting at the piano? Or think about how you spent hours and hours practicing for a particular sport or dance...
In the News
Dec 10, 2012
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah hospital system launched a new tool that will make it easier for patients to select a doctor who best fits their needs.
A new study led by a Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah neurologist shows that the auras that presage migraine attacks are caused by a wave of brain activity that causes nerve cells...
Thirty years ago on Dec. 2, 1982, cardiothoracic surgeon William DeVries, MD, carefully removed the ravaged heart of Dr. Barney Clark and replaced it with the world's first permanent artificial...
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - In the last ten years, rates of children born with autism have started to increase, creeping from roughly 1 in 150 kids in 2000...
In the News
Nov 13, 2012
(Fox 13) - SALT LAKE CITY - Nearly 11 percent of babies born in Utah are premature, costing insurance companies and parents both money and time. While that number is...
In the News
Nov 12, 2012
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - At least three private colleges see Utah as fertile ground for new physician training programs that could provide the state's first alternatives to the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ...
In the News
Nov 11, 2012
(Medical Express) - In a discovery that can fundamentally change how drugs for arthritis, and potentially many other diseases, are made, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah medical researchers have identified a way...
(KSL) - CEDAR HILLS - From the moment you meet Valerie Scott, it's hard not to smile.
In the News
Nov 09, 2012
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah is moving ahead with the state's first public dental school, with or without the support of local dentists.
In the News
Nov 08, 2012
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - There was no fanfare, no public announcement - just a letter emailed to a select group of health industry leaders.
In the News
Nov 07, 2012
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah professor Beverly Brehl was back teaching her class only seven days after doctors placed microscopic cancer-killing spheres into her bloodstream.
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah College of Nursing hopes to offer solace to grievers during what can be a challenging time of the year with Grief...