Four new genes have been added to the growing list of those known to cause increased breast cancer risk when mutated through the efforts of researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute...

2012 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Science discusses his work to understand conflicts between pathogens and cells.

University of Utah Health Care is one of several prestigious health care systems featured in the article by Thomas H. Lee and Toby Cosgrove, titled "Engaging Doctors in the Health...

This op-ed by Lillian Kohr and Bob Cash first appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune May 25th, 2014.

University of Utah Hospital was named by Becker's Hospital Review and Axial Exchange as one of the 100 best hospitals for patient engagement.

Researchers have found that the reduction of a key measure of reduced kidney function and chronic kidney disease is an independent risk factor for renal and urothelial cancer.

Scientists at the University of Utah (U of U), the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and colleagues have developed a powerful tool called pVAAST that combines...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - With CPR and AED Awareness Week (June 1-7) just around the corner, the American Heart Association would like to congratulate the Utah Legislature and Gov...

(The Wall Street Journal) - LANDOVER, MD – The Epilepsy Foundation announced today that H. Steven White, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology and principal investigator of the National Institutes...

(Science Daily) - Reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) - a key measure of reduced kidney function and chronic kidney disease (CKD) - is an independent risk factor for renal and...

Utah physician assistant honored for bringing medical care to disadvantaged communities in Ghana.

Swishing coconut oil around in your mouth is growing among people who believe the ancient practice has numerous health benefits.

It was long assumed that the joining of egg and sperm launched a dramatic change in how and which genes were expressed. Instead, new research shows that totipotency is a...

Mice severely disabled by a condition similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) could walk less than two weeks following treatment with human stem cells. The finding, which uncovers new avenues for...

Researchers show that a variation in IFITM3 gene is associated with coronary artery lesions in patients with Kawasaki disease.

University of Utah Health Care (UHCC), along with thousands of hospitals across the United States is celebrating Hospital Week.

Two babies born each day are diagnosed with this genetic disorder

Students from the University of Utah College of Nursing head to Washington D.C. to learn how to make their voices heard.

The University of Utah College of Nursing Alumni Association presents the 2014 Dare to Care Award to Dianne Fuller, DNP, APRN, FNP-C.

Barbara Wirostko, M.D., a clinical adjunct associate professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology, saw an opportunity to learn more about glaucoma through using a...

The University of Utah's M.E. Hartnett, M.D., is organizing and moderating a cross-disciplinary symposium that addresses retinopathy of prematurity: the epidemiology, environmental effects from oxygen and nutrition, stem cell studies...

At this week's Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Jun Yang, Ph.D., will talk with colleagues about her study on PDZD7 (a modifier gene)...

Listeners perceive negative emotions in the over-pronounced style of speech intended for people with hearing loss, according to research to be presented at acoustical meeting in Providence.

It kills, on average, one American every hour. But Melanoma does not have to be fatal. If caught early the skin cancer is highly treatable.