When she was growing up on a small Idaho farm, Diana McGuire always dreamed of breaking away to attend college. She excelled academically — graduating as valedictorian of her high...
As a same-sex couple, Nicholas and his husband Michael always knew there would be hurdles to starting their own family. They considered adoption or becoming foster parents, but neither seemed...
Avid skier, Keane Horner, was hitting the slopes in Wyoming when he hit a bump that shot excruciating pain up his leg to his back. A few days later, he...
Seventeen-year-old Cannon Cooper fell nearly 60 feet into a cave while on a youth outing. He suffered a severe traumatic brain injury from the accident. His recovery looked grim until...
Mark Kroeze suddenly started experiencing strange stroke-like symptoms. He went to a rural Utah hospital where providers consulted with a stroke neurologist via U of U Health's Telestroke Program.
It's happening in the bedrooms of millions of men in the U.S., but it's not something they really want to talk about. The inability to get or maintain an erection...
Jenny Rhoads Larkin was hit by a car during one of her daily runs. She suffered many injuries, including a severe traumatic brain injury. At U of U Health, a...
When River Jude August arrived for surgery, they faced yet another challenge in their long journey to align their body with who they know they are. River, who identifies as...
Greg Denning has never really liked going to the doctor, and for most of his life he's been an active person who was able to avoid significant medical care. That...
Amanda Rush woke up one morning with an annoying twitch in one eye. Except this twitch didn't seem to go away. As time went on, the twitch turned into one...
For years, Dan Owens suffered excruciating back pain, barely managing to make his way between the bed, a nearby bathroom, and a chair only feet away. After many different diagnoses...
Meghan Shaw was no stranger to the otolaryngologist's (ear, nose, and throat doctor) office. For as long as she could remember, she suffered from frequent sinus infections. She got surgery...
When Brenda Anderson woke up one morning in July 2018, she couldn't hear well in one ear. It felt like she needed to pop her ear after getting off an...
In 2017, Ray Groth, a competitive cross-country skier, was diagnosed with amyloidosis, a very serious but rare heart condition that has no cure. Back then, there was no way to...
