(The Daily Utah Chronicle) - The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) elected 80 new members on Oct. 19, including two from the U: Mario Capecchi, Nobel laureate, and Vivian Lee...
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Oct 27, 2015
(Fox News) - Serious reactions to vaccines are rare among children, according to a new review of vaccine safety in kids, which also refutes any link between vaccines and autism.
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Oct 27, 2015
(Fox News) - Prostate cancer incidence among distant relatives on both sides of a man’s family can help predict whether he will develop the disease, suggests a new study published...
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Oct 27, 2015
(STAT) - Four US Senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether suppliers of saline solution have illegally inflated prices in order to exploit chronic shortages of the...
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Oct 26, 2015
(Modern ǿմýcare) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether saline solution suppliers have violated antitrust laws by raising prices during a product...
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Oct 24, 2015
(Modern ǿմýcare) - When the sedative propofol was frequently in shortage between 2009 and 2014, the scarcity forced hospitals across the country to cancel surgeries as pharmacists struggled to obtain...
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Oct 16, 2015
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - They say you can't go back, but Brian Hultman did. Back to the place he went down, and with the doctor who helped him...
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Oct 14, 2015
(Los Angeles Times) - If you suspect your stressful job is killing you, a new study says you may be right - especially if you’re a woman.
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Oct 13, 2015
(The New York Times) - “Every baby elephant should be dropping dead of colon cancer at age 3,” said Dr. Joshua D. Schiffman, a pediatric oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer...
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Oct 01, 2015
(KUTV) - Salt Lake City man got the surprise of a lifetime. New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees, showed up to give him a couple surprises along with confirming to...
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Sep 29, 2015
(Deseret News) - A team of University of Utah researchers tapped into a $5.5 million grant to look at real-time triggers for pediatric asthma attacks, including local air quality conditions...
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Sep 28, 2015
(St. George News) - Dixie State University and the University of Utah School of Medicine are in the planning stages of a new partnership that would offer a physician assistant...
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Sep 23, 2015
(KUER) - Scientists at the University of Utah have identified dozens of genes responsible for breast cancer, colon cancer, cardiovascular defects, autism, and numerous rare diseases.
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Sep 14, 2015
(People Magainze) - Three Utah sisters received cochlear implants allowing them to hear for the first time. Richard Gurgel, MD, talks about the journey.
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Sep 11, 2015
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Educators told to look for warning signs as kids often don’t ask for help
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Sep 11, 2015
(heatlh24) - A study by Jeremiah Alt, MD, PhD, found that after surgery to clear their sinuses many people reported better quality of life and improved sleep.
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Sep 11, 2015
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - The University of Utah was one of the five centers coordinating the work of about 100 medical centers that recruited 9,300 patients for the research.
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Sep 10, 2015
(U.S. News & World Report) - A new study about chronic sinusitis by Jeremiah Alt, MD, PhD, find that sinus surgery in people with chronically stuffed sinuses can help help...
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Sep 10, 2015
(WebMD) - A new study about chronic sinusitis by Jeremiah Alt, MD, PhD, find that sinus surgery in people with chronically stuffed sinuses can help help them breathe and sleep...
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Aug 31, 2015
(KSL) - Three sisters born with hearing loss from a condition that makes the cochlea prone to damage underwent surgery at Primary Children's Hospital to receive cochlear implants. Read about...
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Aug 28, 2015
(Modern Medicine Network) - While the rate of new drug shortages has fallen, manufacturing problems and FDA import bans continue to cause shortages of certain medications in U.S. hospitals.
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Aug 28, 2015
(Deseret News) - The University of Utah welcomed 122 first-year medical students Friday, the first expanded medical class at the U. since the passage of SB42, legislation meant to address...
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Aug 25, 2015
(Radio West) - Are LGBT people born with their sexual and gender preferences? And, more importantly, should that matter? Jim Tabery, PhD, professor in the medical ethic division discusses sexuality...
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Aug 14, 2015
(The Washington Post) - Pro bono eye surgery sponsored by the Moran Eye Center from the University of Utah