The University of Utah College of Health will realign July 1 from seven departments and divisions into five departments.

End-stage heart failure patients treated with stem cells harvested from their own bone marrow experienced 37 percent fewer cardiac events - including deaths and hospital admissions related to heart failure...

Could new technology that improves how health care is delivered be unveiled Monday night? Thirty-three teams of University of Utah students hope so.

Following a decade of alarming increases, the prevalence of the disorder didn't go up in an 11-site study.

University Utah is one of four centers taking part in nationwide trial

The University of Utah’s Diabetes and Metabolism Center (DMC) has awarded grants to seven projects designed to advance research and practices to improve outcomes for those impacted by diabetes, metabolic...

Inheriting a mutation in the APC gene leads to a nearly 100% lifetime risk of colorectal cancer. While colon cancer can be kept at bay by removing the large intestine...

Doxycycline could be first non-surgical treatment of potentially fatal problem

n 1961, the United States Congress designated the third week in March each year as National Poison Prevention Week (NPPW), a time dedicated to raising awareness about poisoning in the...

Hume, who has led dental schools and served in top posts at universities in Australia, the Middle East and the University of California, starts on May 15.

By age 56, Roma Jean Ockler had endured 17 years of recurring infections and a life-threatening intestinal illness before finally receiving the right treatment for her condition. Her family’s genetic...

Members of the public can touch a human brain or move a ball with their thoughts during Brain Awareness Day on Saturday, March 19 at the Leonardo museum. Brain Awareness...

University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have unexpectedly found that a drug that has been used for the past 50 years to treat heart failure and high blood pressure...

The United States Olympic Committee today announced the formation of an Infectious Disease Advisory Group to be chaired by Carrie L. Byington, M.D., professor of pediatrics and infectious disease specialist...

About eight percent of our DNA is viral in origin: remnants of ancient battles between infectious viruses and our ancestors. A new study published in Science by scientists at the...

(Huffington Post) - Jeff Pettey, MD, Explains "Sleep Crust" to readers on Huffington Post

First proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, National Eye Donor Month promotes eye donation awareness and celebrates the lives of eye donors and corneal recipients. This year, Governor Herbert...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A proposal to legalize medical marijuana that's inching forward in the state Legislature has some Utahns with chronic pain and epilepsy rejoicing, while wary lawmakers...

(Fox 13) - While many organs are donated after a person passes away, University of Utah Health Care recently performed their first live-donor liver transplant. It’s a fairly rare operation...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A wisdom tooth is beginning to force its way to the surface on the top left side of Stephanie Mora's jaw. Left alone, it would...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - In "Physician-assisted suicide is a danger that extends beyond the patient" (Feb. 21), family physician Brian Zehnder claims that HB264, the "End of Life Options...

During his visit to Huntsman Cancer Institute the Vice President said too much of cancer research happens in "silos."

(STAT) - Joe Biden talks a lot about the potential for “big data” to accelerate the fight against cancer. On Friday, he spent time learning about a model of that...

The White House Precision Medicine Initiative is ushering in a new area of medicine that promises to deliver the right treatment to the right person at the right time, and...