Children who receive chemotherapy for cancer treatment can be prone to negative effects of those chemicals later in life. The Pediatric Late Effects Clinic at Huntsman Cancer works to monitor...
Do you have cysts or cancer in your pancreas? Your doctor might have mentioned a Whipple procedure to you. In this podcast, Dr. Courtney Scaife and Dr. Tom Miller discuss...
You might be embarrassed to talk about your leaking bowels with anyone, even a doctor. But there are ways to improve the function of the rectal muscles. In this podcast...
Suicide is the third most common cause of death from kids aged 10-19. Children and teens suffering from depression, whether it is being treated or not, are much more likely...
Many scientists would argue that some public policy does not reflect the current state of scientific knowledge. Arguably, some of this misrepresentation can be attributed to a disconnect between scientists...
A study led by the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ of Utah could explain why elephants rarely get cancer. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)...
Every time you spend some time outside you end up covered in mosquito bites. Why do they bite you more than anyone else? It turns out about one in five...
Lots of research has been done about the benefits of skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her new baby. In this podcast, lactation consultant Elizabeth Smith talks about the many...
Emergency room doctor Robert Stephen wants you to know that once you walk into the ER, you will not be turned away, no matter what. But there are times when...
Michael Cohen was told that a pain in his chest was indigestion, and it wasn’t until two years later that he learned it was actually caused by a lung tumor...
How do you know when your diabetes requires the help of a specialist? Dr. Tim Graham is a diabetes expert and he says he wouldn’t want patients to pay more...
What you eat (or don’t eat) can have an impact on your oral health. Acidic foods and sugar free sodas wear the teeth down faster than most foods, and forcing...
What’s the biggest benefit to the Five for Life program? Men who sign up can meet with experts they normally wouldn’t get to see. Your insurance pays for a doctor...
As the weather gets colder, many of us get runny and stuffy noses. But if it’s happening more than three times a year and lasts for weeks at a time...
In 2013, poison control centers received 16,000 calls about children eating hand sanitizer and getting sick. Dr. Cindy Gellner warns that some hand sanitizers are twice as strong as vodka...
Your teenager seems to have lost interest in their hobbies and is sleeping a lot—is it depression or just the hormones? Many of the symptoms of depression seem to be...
Learning that your child has cancer is overwhelming. Soon after you learn about it, you’ll be on the receiving end of piles of information from your child’s doctor and many...
There are dangerous items all over the house, but what’s the most dangerous to ingest? Household bleach, Visine eye drops, or those colorful pods of laundry detergent? Barbara Crouch with...
You probably manage your Barrett’s Esophagus with medications and visits to a gastroenterologist. But if the condition starts to worsen or cancer develops, you may need surgery to stop or...
Every parent knows how frustrating it is when their baby is crying and they don’t know how to help them. While young children can’t use words to convey what they...
Most of us are familiar with the health risks associated with exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA), found in most plastics, but there is still a lot that we don’t understand. Christy...
Are you noticing a combination of neck or upper back pain and a tingling or slowing in the reaction time of your arms and legs? It could be a compression...
