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.

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Dr. Randall J. Olson, professor and chairman of ophthalmology and visual sciences and CEO of the John A. Moran Eye Center at the...

International leader in ophthalmology awarded U's highest honor

(Fox 13) - SALT LAKE CITY - The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to beware of false or misleading claims for treating autism.

(News Medical) - As other health care systems around the country prepare to follow in the footsteps of University of Utah Health Care -the first hospital system in the country...

After donating nearly 2,800 hours of time and more than 80,000 pounds of food over the past five years, volunteers from University of Utah Health Care (UUHC) have been named...

University Hospital has been recognized with four major awards during the past few weeks.

A $1.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute will allow a University of Utah lab and a Salt Lake City startup company to create software to help doctors tailor...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - I came to Utah, from India, almost 10 years ago. At first, I was unsure if I would like this foreign place thanks to the...

Talking about advance healthcare directives is an important step that gives peace of mind.

The prestigious honor is awarded by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to a scientist who has shown outstanding biochemical and molecular biological research, with particular emphasis on...

Restaurants are responsible for twice as many food poisoning cases than meals at home. Learn the symptoms of food poisoning and how to protect yourself.

The University of Utah today announced the findings of an investigation into allegations of intentional tampering of a sperm preparation by a former University employee at a now-closed andrology laboratory...

If you're fighting with your spouse, you may have low blood sugar. Find out what the connection is and how to pick yourself up.

Three neuro-ophthalmologists on team that found the use of an inexpensive glaucoma drug (acetazolamide), when added to a weight reduction plan, can improve and even restore vision for women with...

University of Utah Health Care was the first academic medial center to post physician reviews online in Dec. 2012 and continues to advance its system.

Robert E. Marc, Ph.D., director of research at the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center, has been named by the International Society of Eye Research (ISER) as the...

A computational tool developed at the University of Utah has successfully identified diseases with unknown gene mutations in three separate cases, U of U researchers report in The American Journal...

Wolfgang Baehr, Ph.D., will be awarded Proctor Medal on May 5 for work studying retinal diseases.

In the race to unravel the medical mysteries surrounding the genetics of stroke, members of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium plan to cross the finish line together.

Twelve student teams garnered top honors from a field of more than 40 for inventing medical devices that may soon change the marketplace and improve modern medicine. Winning teams will...

Are sodas safe? Consumer Reports found some drinks popular soft drink may have higher levels of a potential carcinogen.