The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a collaboration created by the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJF) Foundation and the AARP Foundation to implement solutions to the challenges facing the nursing...
Climbing Mount Everest under any circumstances is extreme, particularly if you’re climbing a portion of it with the man who holds the world record for summiting Everest more than any...
University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Sciences colleges and programs remain among the best in the nation for training health care providers in physician assistant, nurse midwifery, pharmacy, primary care, and other...
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - No more anxiously waiting on hold for a doctor's office to make an appointment, refill a prescription, check test results or ask a...
University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Care will begin offering a free app for patients to access their personal medical records on-the-go, becoming the first health system in Utah to offer MyChart...
Surgeons at University of Utah Hospital have performed the hospital¿s first implant of a new generation left ventricular assist device (LVAD) using the HeartWare HVAD.
A recent study by University of Utah pain management researchers has found that being seriously overweight is linked to pain sensitivity and other symptoms of the chronic and sometimes debilitating...
The Dynavision D2 is a high-tech tool designed to help patients with a neurological disease or injury regain the visual and motor skills necessary to drive.
(The New York Times) - People with chronic pain often discover that getting the care they need at an affordable price can be challenging. Here are some suggestions that may...
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(The Seattle Times) - SALT LAKE CITY - Few, if any, patients who check into the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute for surgery or chemotherapy will give a moment’s...
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Jan 24, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A hospital stay accompanied by noise, light and interrupted sleep in unfamiliar surroundings can be a weird experience for anyone but particularly for elderly people...
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Jan 21, 2011
(The New York Times) - A committee voted that the agency approve the first test that can show Alzheimer’s in the brain of a living person.
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Jan 13, 2011
(NPR) - Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, a pediatrician and bioethicist at the University of Utah, speaks to NPR's Michele Norris about the ethics of genetic screening for childhood diseases. He says...
The Intermountain West's first neonatal intensive care unit, at the University of Utah Hospital,stands as part of August L. "Larry" Jung's legacy following his death on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011.
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - If you knew you were genetically predisposed for skin cancer, would you slather on more sunblock? Would you get your children tested for melanoma?
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(NPR) - Humidifiers are often the first line of defense for parents trying to help a miserable child with a cold or flu. But raising the humidity in a child's...
Just seven months after University of Utah geneticists took part in a landmark study that sequenced for the first time the genome of an entire Utah family, U of U...