A concussion is a serious injury that should never be taken lightly, and recovery should never be rushed. However, many patients try to do just that.

(Deseret News) - When Bobbisue Christensen found out she was pregnant with twins, the 31-year-old from Brigham City was excited. Then she got scared.

NIH-funded research provides framework for future studies of AMD biology, therapy

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A faint shade of pale was the first sign of catastrophe after a patient named Jolene gave birth to her second child.

SALT LAKE CITY - Brain scans from nearly 200 adolescent boys provide evidence that the brains of compulsive video game players are wired differently. Chronic video game play is associated...

You could be giving them the gift of sight.

(Los Angeles Times) - This week the gene editing system was declared the “Breakthrough of the Year” by editors of the journal Science. A day earlier, Nature named the Chinese...

Forging a synergistic partnership with the University of Utah, the BRAIN Initiative awarded $2.77 million in National Science Foundation grants to neuroscience faculty in 2015.

(Modern Healthcare) - Prices rose faster than inflation for 22% of top generic drugs reviewed between 2005 and 2014, according to a report released Thursday by HHS' Office of Inspector...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Two days after having what she considered a routine cesarean section at Intermountain Medical Center, Arlee Gregerson felt ready to return home to South Jordan...

(US Dept. of Veterans Affairs) - About 48 percent of Army Veterans who served on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan enrolled in and used VA care within one year...

(KSL) - We have all heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, and many of us who work on keyboards at desks all day have probably experienced some of the symptoms

Medication non-adherence is a major problem in the United States.

An innovative comprehensive mentoring program, the University of Utah Vice President’s Clinical and Translational Research Scholars Program (VPCAT), is fostering successful junior faculty. 92 percent of participants received extramural funding...

Study in Utah and four other states suggests progress toward testing at-risk kids by age 3

University of Utah associate vice provost for research Rena D’Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D., soon will serve in the senior leadership of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).

(The New York Times) - Senators from both parties on Wednesday denounced huge overnight price increases for decades-old drugs that have been made by some pharmaceutical companies lately, calling them...

(The Washington Post) - A Senate investigation of drug-price spikes at four companies kicked off Wednesday with specialists from all corners of the health-care system testifying that they're powerless to...

Enough opioids are prescribed in this state every year for every adult to have a bottle. Utah is currently fifth in the nation when it comes to opioid overdose deaths...

One of the most fundamental challenges that a cell faces is how to bring membranes that are far apart, close together. New research in Science shows how cellular machinery, called...

(Daily News) - Blame your dad for being fat. Obese men carry sperm with modified genes that can be passed on to their young - predisposing them to trouble with...

(Deseret News) - The University of Utah School of Dentistry has agreed to help foot the bill for a specific population of patients - those who are disabled and/or blind...

(Nature) - Emmanuelle Charpentier's initial ambitions for the genome-editing technique CRISPR–Cas9 were modest.

A new study in the December issue of Academic Medicine bolsters research linking good patient satisfaction scores with good patient outcomes. It sheds light on another, unspoken benefit by showing...