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It was the bite seen round the world. During today's World Cup match, Uruguay's Luis Suarez bit Italy's Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during game play.

As the temperature rises outside, so does your risk for dehydration. A good rule of thumb is to consume about eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day—more if it's hot...

New recommendations encourage pregnant women to eat more fish, but avoid fish high in mercury, including fish from local waterways.

Could letting your kids get dirty actually make them healthier in the long run?

Published online in Cell Reports on June 19, Huntsman Cancer Institute investigators report that misregulation of two genes, sox2 and lkb1, drives squamous cell lung cancer in mice. The discovery...

Casey Kasem, known by many as having one of the most recognizable voices in entertainment history, turned off his microphone for good in 2009.

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? there is no question. Vaccinate.

Senior Director of Marketing for University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Care Dennis Jolley was named one of the 2014 Top Hospital Marketers at the Hospital Marketing National Convention.

(Fox 13) - FOX 13’s Nineveh Dinha talks with Dr. Majid Moshirfar from the University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Care Moran Eye Center about eye care myths.

It's difficult to know how to help when you learn that a friend or co-worker has cancer. Donna Branson, director of patient and public education at Huntsman Cancer Institute at...

(Fox 13) - SALT LAKE CITY - Chemicals are mixed into pools to kill bacteria. But the wrong amount of treatment to the water can burn a swimmer’s skin. Chemical...

A new campaign launched by the Utah Department of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s (UDOH) Cancer Control Program (UCCP) and Utah’s local health departments features pediatricians telling parents about the importance of getting their...

(US Dept. of Veterans Affairs) - 2014 Presidential Scholarship for New ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Services Researchers Megan Vanneman, Ph.D. Dr. Vanneman is a joint postdoctoral fellow in health services research at the...

(Counsel & Heal) - Childhood cancer survivors were hospitalized more often and for longer duration, after many years of cancer treatment compared to general population, according to a new study...

Learning a second language can boost your brainpower and possibly delay dementia.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A documentary is being produced about the Ogden native's resilience in the face of a life-robbing neurological disorder similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or...

Dr. Wendy Chapman and Dr. Wendy Hobson-Rohrer are now a part of the 2014 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Fellowship.

(Los Angeles Times) - The male face evolved to withstand the power of the punch, a study suggests

For patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the very drug on which their life depends - injectable insulin - can create complications. Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative has...

New space to study children's and families' cancers, advance risk assessment and prevention, develop pre-clinical research models, increase advanced therapeutics, improve survivorship, address health disparities, and create new biotechnology center

(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Six months after a historic heart procedure, Ernie Lively is living up to his name.

(Smithsonian.com) - While anthropologists and evolutionary biologists are quite good at figuring out how and when humans evolved, figuring out why we are the way we are is much more...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute has begun construction on a $105 million research wing dedicated to the study of childhood and family cancers ––...

Four new genes have been added to the growing list of those known to cause increased breast cancer risk when mutated through the efforts of researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute...