(NBC) - Zika virus shows up in urine, saliva and semen. And it seems to go right to the brain in fetuses, but nowhere else in their bodies.
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Feb 18, 2016
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City next week to spotlight the administration's "moonshot" effort to cure cancer.
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Feb 17, 2016
(KSL) - When Jason Clark learned his father needed a liver transplant, he volunteered.
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Feb 17, 2016
(Bloomberg) - Vivian Lee, chief executive officer at University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Care, talks about advances made in the fight against cancer, the state of health care in the United...
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Feb 17, 2016
(Herald Journal) - The legislative session’s third medical marijuana bill passed unanimously through its Senate committee Tuesday, a resolution urging Congress to reclassify marijuana from its current Schedule I classification...
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Feb 17, 2016
(Fox 13) - Caregivers fall short when it comes to taking care of themselves, that’s according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Feb 17, 2016
(KUTV) - A Utah research company has teamed up with the Huntsman Cancer Foundation in an effort to raise funds and awareness for cancer research.
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Feb 16, 2016
(Calgary Herald) - Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Reducing this burden requires high-quality medical care not only to prevent this disease, but also to provide...
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Feb 16, 2016
(MedPage Today) - Heart attack patients are more likely to die or return to the hospital in the first 60 days after discharge if they had cardiogenic shock but the...
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Feb 16, 2016
(Cardiovascular Business) - A cross-sectional, population-based study found that 16.8 million U.S. adults may benefit from lowering their systolic blood pressure goal to less than 120 mm Hg based on...
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Feb 11, 2016
(Deseret News) - It was a different cast of characters testifying about the need for Medicaid expansion in Utah Thursday.
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Feb 11, 2016
(ABC 4) - How does poor air quality impact the average person's health? Robert Paine, Chief of The University of Utah ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Care Division of Pulmonary, says it all comes...
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Feb 11, 2016
(Herald Journal) - A quickly spreading outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness known as the Zika virus has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releasing travel advisories for Central and...
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Feb 11, 2016
(Moab Sun News) - A new regional health coalition working to address one of Moab’s top community health concerns is bringing two addiction medicine specialists from the University of Utah...
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Feb 10, 2016
(Fox 13) - A Utah based company is taking what they hope will be a big step towards detecting the Zika virus.
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Feb 10, 2016
(MedPage Today) - Stroke care coordinated regionally to cover primary prevention to rehabilitation and ensure appropriate interventions, such as thrombolysis and stroke unit care, was associated with lower stroke mortality...
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Feb 10, 2016
(Fox 13) - How bad is the air where you live? If you are in one of Utah’s valleys during the winter inversion season, a few miles can make a...
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Feb 09, 2016
(Modern ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½care) - The U.S. might face fewer vaccine shortages if government agencies were willing to pay more for the vital drugs, according to a recent study. The reasoning is...
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Feb 05, 2016
(KSL) - Until a few weeks ago, many people had probably never heard of the Zika virus, which was first diagnosed in the 1940s. Now, the number of cases have...
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Feb 04, 2016
(Fierce ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ News) - The University of Utah's University Hospital could cut costs by as much as $1.5 million a year on its laboratory costs by using a software system...
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Feb 02, 2016
(Business Standard) - Women with a history of any category of hypertensive disease of pregnancy (HDP) are at increased risk of early mortality.
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Feb 01, 2016
(ABC 4) - Women with a history of any category of hypertensive disease of pregnancy (HDP) are at increased risk of early mortality.
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Feb 01, 2016
(The Daily Utah Chronicle) - When Sam Hawkins sees his fellow medical school students, it’s hard not to notice that he is the only Native American there
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Feb 01, 2016
(KUTV) - State health experts say Utah is unlikely to experience an outbreak Zika Virus, the mosquito-borne illness believed responsible for a vast increase in birth defects among South American...