(Deseret News) - In a speech commemorating Utah’s second annual Rare Disease Day, Rep. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, again mourned the recent loss of House Speaker Becky Lockhart to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
"Star Trek" legend Leonard Nimoy once described himself as an "Olympic championship smoker." When he was diagnosed with Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease last year it had been 30 years since...
How long have you been using your mascara? Do you even remember when you bought it? If used for too long, mascara could give you more than clumpy lashes.
(Deseret News) - Two years have passed since the ball started rolling on insuring Utah's uninsured and still nothing has changed. But the lives new health plans would affect are...
To investigate the specific causes and prevalence of childhood CAP, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) led the Etiology of Pneumonia in the Community (EPIC) study in collaboration...
(Deseret News) - A central aim of the health law was to improve access to routine care, the theory being that it’s better to pay up front to keep the...
If you're trying to eat seasonal and local foods, winter might be a drag. But try these three recipes featuring less common winter root vegetables and you won't be so...
Acetaminophen is the most common drug in America, found in 600-plus medications. If taken correctly, it's generally safe and effective. But people mistakenly overdose on the product, which can lead...
The FDA released a warning this week about possible contamination risks involved with specialized endoscopes after seven people became infected with an antibiotic resistant bacteria after undergoing procedures at a...
University of Utah Health Care and Davis Hospital and Medical Center are excited to announce a new partnership and AirMed’s move to Layton. Emergency responders and community members will take...
University of Utah neurologists Stefan Pulst, M.D., and Summer Gibson, M.D., are authors on a collaborative, multi-institutional study published in the journal Science. The research identifies mutations in a gene...
(KUTV) - Did you know that February 18th is the day that most New Year's resolutions die? Dr. John Ryan is a cardiologist for University of Utah Healthcare and he...
As the state of Utah considers whether to adopt Governor Herbert's Healthy Utah Plan, it is important to understand the impact of expansion on University of Utah Health. Here you...
(KSL) - "Heartbreak" is a term we typically use figuratively, but did you know our emotional "hearts" can affect the beating, blood-pumping, four-chambered organs in our chests - both positively...