Winter can be a tough time. Days are shorter. Nights are longer. And here in Utah, the inversion makes it feel like we rarely see the sun. That can lead...
Winter is a rough time for people with rosacea. The roughly 14 million sufferers in the U.S. brace for redness and bumps to appear on their skin during the cold...
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A Utah transplant who came to the state to run competitively for the University of Utah, BJ Christenson still remembers the first time he ran...
(Deseret News) - How healthy is the food you're buying? You have the nutrition label on that box of Frosted Flakes, but do you know how to count the calories...
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...
(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
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...
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...