Significant internal and external changes have affected the utilization of healthcare services in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA is the largest integrated healthcare system in the U.S...
A team of researchers at the University of Utah School of Dentistry explored the effect of comprehensive oral care for a more holistic approach to substance use disorder treatment.
As the opioid epidemic rages on, one vulnerable group--new moms--have often been overlooked. A new study at the University of Utah Health found that drug-induced death is the most common...
Karen Wilcox, PhD, Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology at University of Utah Health, received a $2.6 million Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of...
The number of cases has hit a 50-year high, and the disease, which was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, has been reported in 22 states.
That night in November 2017 was like so many others for Dallan Isom, a 29-year-old father from Bountiful, Utah. He played basketball with some friends to relieve stress, and around...
Protein is essential for the human body, particularly when it comes to building, repairing, or replacing cells and organs. As we get older, we need even more protein to stay...
Jean Atkinson and her husband were working side by side on their computers one evening when she grew tired and told him she was going to bed. "I knew immediately...