U of U Poison Control Center Cautions Moms About Dangers Lurking in Handbags

(Reuters) - NEW YORK - People who come to the emergency department complaining of chest pain often get a test that isn’t helping them very much, according to a new...

(U.S. News & World Report) - Pre-teens living in states that require vaccinations for incoming middle school students are more likely to be immunized than those in states without such...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Corky Shill isn't sure who is most to blame for her husband's Social Security number being compromised.

University of Utah's highest honor is shared by physicians

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Two University of Utah School of Medicine professors are sharing this year's Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - At age 9, Jack Wolfinger is on his fifth dinosaur encyclopedia. He can explain the lineage of raptors but doesn't play with other kids at...

Doctors at University of Utah Hospital have marked a significant milestone, performing the 101st liver transplant in the hospital's history

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Marc Porter is a smart chemist, but he can't solve the diagnostic puzzle of pancreatic cancer on his own. He needs surgeons, molecular biologists, oncologists...

(U.S. News & World Report) - Magnetically controlled growing rods can treat the spinal disorder scoliosis in children without the need for repeat invasive surgeries, a small new study suggests.

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - A Colorado man says he’s lucky to be alive after doctors at the University of Utah performed a rare surgery to save his...

(The Wall Street Journal) - Doctors increasingly are recommending physical activity to help osteoarthritis patients, overturning the more traditional medical advice for people to take it easy to protect their...

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Beginning the fall of 2013, the University of Utah will open a School of Dentistry with an inaugural class of 20 students.

University of Utah IT officials welcomed guests today to celebrate completion of the first phase of the U's new, highly sophisticated computing and data storage facility

A new compound shows promise in patient leukemia samples when current treatments fail, say researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U).

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Atticus Teter believes skin cancer happens to "old people." But he cares enough to help change that perception, with an award-winning illustration of...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A woman is acting strangely at an art gallery so the business owner calls the mental health crisis line. A crisis team is dispatched and...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Not all body fat is bad, but if it's inside your muscles, it can be very bad indeed.

One in 47 Utah children falls under autism classification, nearly twice the average rate of across all sites

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - In Utah, one in 47 children has autism, the highest rate among 14 communities nationwide, according to a newly released study.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - As Ed Clark makes his hospital rounds, checking in on children who need ventilators for their asthma or on the premature babies in intensive care...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - As part of National Poison Prevention Week that runs through Saturday, Macey's, Fresh Market, Dick's Market, Dan's and Lin's Market are working with the University...

Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah report they have discovered a method to identify cancer-causing rearrangements of genetic material called chromosomal translocations quickly, accurately, and...