(Deseret News) - In a speech commemorating Utah’s second annual Rare Disease Day, Rep. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, again mourned the recent loss of House Speaker Becky Lockhart to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
(Deseret News) - Two years have passed since the ball started rolling on insuring Utah's uninsured and still nothing has changed. But the lives new health plans would affect are...
To investigate the specific causes and prevalence of childhood CAP, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) led the Etiology of Pneumonia in the Community (EPIC) study in collaboration...
(Deseret News) - A central aim of the health law was to improve access to routine care, the theory being that it’s better to pay up front to keep the...
University of Utah Health Care and Davis Hospital and Medical Center are excited to announce a new partnership and AirMed’s move to Layton. Emergency responders and community members will take...
University of Utah neurologists Stefan Pulst, M.D., and Summer Gibson, M.D., are authors on a collaborative, multi-institutional study published in the journal Science. The research identifies mutations in a gene...
(KUTV) - Did you know that February 18th is the day that most New Year's resolutions die? Dr. John Ryan is a cardiologist for University of Utah Healthcare and he...
(KSL) - "Heartbreak" is a term we typically use figuratively, but did you know our emotional "hearts" can affect the beating, blood-pumping, four-chambered organs in our chests - both positively...
(KUTV) - An "intimate apparel" magazine survey shows almost half of all women, including teenagers, wear shapewear, or support wear and it can lead to trouble.
(Deseret News) - A Nebraska man was given a second chance at life after University of Utah doctors used a new procedure to fix his failing heart. Larry Davis was...
Scientists have created a novel, long-lasting "smart" insulin that self-activates when blood sugar soars. Tests on mouse models for type 1 diabetes show that one injection works for a minimum...
(Fox 13) - Utah is home to the largest per capita population of Pacific Islanders they seem to make up a significant share of the patients coming in to the...
(KSL) - Local researchers recently found that inducing labor or changing birthing strategies during labor does not result in an increased risk of children developing autism spectrum disorder.
Longtime College of Pharmacy faculty member and researcher Karen Wilcox, Ph.D., has accepted the position of chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, effective Jan. 15, 2015.
(KSL) - Utah has a serious shortage of doctors. One prescription for change: expand the class size and the number of students who qualify for in-state tuition at the University...
Scientists at the University of Utah and the University of Georgia have uncovered a pharmacological target that could enable development of novel drugs against antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...