Perimenopause is the final stretch before you stop having periods altogether. For many women, it can be a frustrating time filled with hot flashes, heavy and unpredictable bleeding, and a...
When a parent suddenly can not remember your name—or seems lost in their own home—the emotional shock hits hard. Memory loss in older adults can stem from normal aging, reversible...
Midwives offer longer, more personalized prenatal visits, continuous labor support, and culturally sensitive care—while still providing access to interventions like epidurals when desired. Certified nurse midwife Debra Penney discusses how...
Getting into physician assistant school is an impressive feat itself, but what’s it like once you’re in? We spoke to two students at the University of Utah Physician Assistant program...
Menopause marks the end of significant reproduction of eggs and estrogen. But just because your body’s reproductive system is slowing down doesn’t mean you and your partner have to. Dr...
Often, cleft lip can be detected through ultrasound, but families need to wait a few months before their babies can have the reparative surgery. Dr. Barbu Gociman is a facial...
If you’ve been told your baby will have complications when it’s born, you and your family might have a lot of questions and worry about what’s going to happen. Neonatologist...
It’s hard to imagine anyone intentionally harming a child. When people think of child abuse, they often picture physical abuse, but as Dr. Cindy Gellner explains, child abuse includes much...
How might your neighborhood pharmacy be different five or ten years from now? Dr. Mike Feehan, visiting professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah talks about...
Dr. Mariana Baserga is a neonatologist and takes care of some of the most vulnerable people on earth—premature babies. She talks with Dr. Tom Miller about just what her job...
Geneticist Gabrielle Kardon, Ph.D., never thought that she would be explaining her research to patient advocacy groups, but that’s where her science led her and she has not shied away...
Babies get tested for many things right after they are born. The heel prick includes a test for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare birth defect that causes a certain amino acid...
A young vibrant woman in the prime of her life, Amy Steinbrech suffered a stroke. Unable to walk, talk or even move her limbs, Amy’s remarkable recovery is testament to...
Amyloidosis can affect so many different organs and affects everybody in a different way. Because of this, you really need to go to a clinic that specializes in amyloidosis and...
The UCLA PEERS Clinic (The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) is an innovative, evidence-based program to teach teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorders how...
Dr. Jose Nativi is a cardiologist and director of the amyloidosis program at University of Utah Health Care and Huntsman Cancer Institute. He explains what amyloidosis is and why it’s...
The U.S. is a sleep-deprived nation; most people aren’t getting enough sleep every night. You may have heard that using your phone before bed affects the quality of sleep you...
Dr. Jacob Kean of Indiana University talks about the key parts of an intervention and its implementation. He discusses his work on fidelity measures and using practice-based evidence approaches in...
