(The Daily Utah Chronicle) - The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) elected 80 new members on Oct. 19, including two from the U: Mario Capecchi, Nobel laureate, and Vivian Lee...
The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) has honored Eric Swanson, M.D., medical director of AirMed and emergency medicine physician at University of Utah Health Care, as the Barbara A...
(STAT) - Four US Senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether suppliers of saline solution have illegally inflated prices in order to exploit chronic shortages of the...
(Fox News) - Prostate cancer incidence among distant relatives on both sides of a man’s family can help predict whether he will develop the disease, suggests a new study published...
(Fox News) - Serious reactions to vaccines are rare among children, according to a new review of vaccine safety in kids, which also refutes any link between vaccines and autism.
(Modern Healthcare) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether saline solution suppliers have violated antitrust laws by raising prices during a product...
Today, while most people were eating their breakfasts, the World Health Organization released findings that processed meats - things like the bacon and sausage many were cooking - should be...
(Modern Healthcare) - When the sedative propofol was frequently in shortage between 2009 and 2014, the scarcity forced hospitals across the country to cancel surgeries as pharmacists struggled to obtain...
Truck drivers who are frequently fatigued after work, use cell phones while driving, or have an elevated pulse pressure – a potential predictor of cardiovascular disease - may be at...
A study led by the University of Utah School of Medicine has identified molecular mechanisms that control an immune cell’s ability to remember. They found that in helper T cells...
Nobel laureate Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., and Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., receive the rare honor of being elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
Nelson, a cardiothoracic surgeon known for building the first heart-lung bypass machine used on a human, was the keynote speaker at the School of Medicine alumni event celebrating 60 years...
(The New York Times) - “Every baby elephant should be dropping dead of colon cancer at age 3,” said Dr. Joshua D. Schiffman, a pediatric oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer...
A study led by the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah could explain why elephants rarely get cancer. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is the most commonly diagnosed behavior disorder of children in the U.S. Could your child have ADHD? Be on the lookout for these behaviors.
In its effort to develop and implement strategies to stop the spread of infectious diseases, including Ebola, in health care settings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...