(Fox 13) - Utah is home to the largest per capita population of Pacific Islanders they seem to make up a significant share of the patients coming in to the...
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Feb 07, 2015
(KSL) - Local researchers recently found that inducing labor or changing birthing strategies during labor does not result in an increased risk of children developing autism spectrum disorder.
Longtime College of Pharmacy faculty member and researcher Karen Wilcox, Ph.D., has accepted the position of chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, effective Jan. 15, 2015.
(KSL) - Utah has a serious shortage of doctors. One prescription for change: expand the class size and the number of students who qualify for in-state tuition at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ...
A new study out of Utah recommends physicians continue to induce labor for mothers who are under medical duress. Despite previous claims that inducing labor might increase the likelihood of...
Measles is back in the United States. More than one hundred cases of the illness are now confirmed, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they are "very...
Scientists at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah and the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Georgia have uncovered a pharmacological target that could enable development of novel drugs against antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
According to a recent study, the risk of broken bones increases in both weigh gain and loss in older women. The findings challenge the belief that weight gain shields older...
Louisa Stark, the director of the Genetic Science Learning Center, has been awarded the Genetics Society of America's Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education.
(Medical Express) - Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah have found that defects in how cells are squeezed out of overcrowded tissue to die, a...
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Jan 26, 2015
(Deseret News) - The Utah Legislature will take on Gov. Gary Herbert's Healthy Utah plan as it determines how to provide health insurance to the state's more than 100,000 uninsured.
The Genetics Society of America has named Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah Research Associate Professor Louisa A. Stark as the recipient of this year’s Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education.
As many as 1.4 million Americans suffer from uncomfortable abdominal cramping and diarrhea that come with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. These conditions, collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
(Voice of America) - Inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are extremely painful and can lead to colorectal cancer
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Jan 22, 2015
(NBA) - Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker will host the first of 10 Jazz Fit clinics in Salt Lake City as part of an NBA health and wellness movement
Acorns, although less common on the table, are an ecologically friendly and sustainable food source. Check out these tips and recipes for harvesting and cooking acorns.
(Fox 13) - A piano sits in the middle of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah’s Hospital lobby in Salt Lake City, and an elderly patient regularly volunteers his musical talents to...
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Jan 21, 2015
(KSL) - The health care industry is rife with acronyms: ICU, RN, MD, HMO and PPO just to name a few