Health Care
Hearing loss can drastically affect your quality of life. Purchasing hearing aids is a major decision that requires careful considerations. Organizations that sell hearing aids follow either of two models in providing ca...
Cualquier persona corre riesgo de contraer COVID-19 si se ve expuesta al virus. Algunas personas tienen mayor probabilidad de enfermarse gravemente que otras, lo que significa que pueden necesitar hospitalización, cuidad...
Esta guía está dirigida a personas que viven juntas en espacios reducidos —como personas que comparten un pequeño apartamento— o personas que viven en la misma casa con familias numerosas o extendidas.
Cuándo puede volver a estar cerca de otras personas (suspender el aislamiento en su casa) depende de diversos factores según cada situación. Abajo verá las recomendaciones de los CDC según su situación.
Be Well Utah 2020 is offering virtual cooking demos so you can learn to make tasty and nutritious meals from your own home. Our University of Utah Health Registered Dietitians have handpicked recipes that are easy to mak...
Every year around the Fourth of July, doctors see hundreds of preventable eye injuries caused by the unsafe handling of fireworks. Here’s what experts at the Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah say you should know...
If you wear glasses and are helping slow the spread of coronavirus by wearing a mask, you’ve probably experienced foggy lenses the moment you put on the mask. What to do? An optical shop expert at the John A. Moran Eye C...
If you're like many people who had to change their daily routines due to COVID-19, you are probably in need of a good way to stay in shape and get fit while gyms are closed. Thank to communications technology like Zoom, ...
Although it's not thought to be the main way of spread, it is possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching food or food packaging, that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly thei...
In the past week, Utah saw an increase number of COVID-19 cases and concerns have grown about individuals not wearing a face mask in public. There are also new questions about an inflammatory drug called dexamethasone th...
As nationwide protests of the police and institutional racism continue in the wake of George Floyd's death, officials are reminding demonstrators that COVID-19 remains a threat to Americans' health and spreads easily in ...
Research
Kelly Baron, PhD, MPH, DBSM, associate professor in the department of Family & Preventive Medicine at University of Utah Health, is conducting a research study on how sleep is affecting people's routines and offers us so...
When do you know it’s time for cataract surgery, especially with COVID-19 safety considerations? Experts at the Moran Eye Center share what they look for during comprehensive eye exams to develop treatment plans and offe...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an illness caused by a virus that can spread to person to person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is a new coronavirus, and health experts continue to learn about it every day. Sankar Swaminathan...
If you are fitness-minded and counting your steps, you may have heard the recommendation of 10,000 steps a day, but where did that number come from and is it really a good target number?
Allergies are a common chronic disorder that affects about 60 million Americans. They affect people of all ages, often beginning in childhood or young adult years. They can be seasonal or perennial (year-round), dependin...
If your child has a cleft lip or cleft palate, the surgeries they need will depend on their age and the severity of the cleft. Your doctor will develop a personalized plan of care for your child that will minimize the nu...
As medical experts continue to study and learn more about COVID-19, current available information and clinical expertise found older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions to be at hi...
This guidance is intended for people living together in close quarters, such as people who share a small apartment, or for people who live in the same household with large or extended families.
