Giving a small child the incorrect dose of medicine can be very dangerous – even making her sicker than before she took the medication. A new study shows that in...
A woman’s holistic sense of health is more than just her cholesterol levels or blood pressure. It’s an interconnected web of factors from the physical and emotional to the social...
Quitting smoking can be really hard. There are so many different methods to help a smoker quit that it can make things complicated. So which one works best? Dr. Clint...
“To really make groundbreaking change, you have to have new discoveries” Lorne chose the MD/PhD program to not only learn how to be a clinician, but to participate in research...
Frozen shoulder is a type of capsulitis where the ligaments around the shoulder’s ball joint shrink up and restrict movement. For patients, frozen shoulder can be painful and debilitating. Dr...
With a severe cut or injury, you need to take action to stop the bleeding immediately. Do you know what to do? Emergency room physician Dr. Troy Madsen explains how...
Ovarian cancer is one of the most deadly cancers in women. It has no early detection test and the early warning signs are easy to miss. So what steps can...
Your child has gone and put something small like a raisin up her nose and it’s stuck. Should you be rushing to the ER? Emergency physician Dr. Troy Madsen shares...
The University of Utah carries the distinction of being a Baby-Friendly Hospital. “But aren’t all hospitals baby friendly?” Asks Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones. Lactation specialist Mary Erickson sits down with...
“We have a pretty solid group of people here. The faculty is great, the students are awesome, I hang out with my friends still every day during the summer and...
In the past few years, doctors have seen a 30 percent increase to kidney stone cases in the United States. In fact, for some urologists, treating kidney stones makes up...
A factor found in umbilical cord blood could become the basis for a new therapy to fight sepsis, a leading cause of death in hospitals, explains Christian Con Yost, MD...
Playing sports can be hard on a body and lead to a serious injury that might need immediate attention. Emergency physician Dr. Troy Madsen covers the top three most common...
When it comes to your health, you should always be careful what you read online. Especially when it comes to a surgery like hip replacement. There are two commonly used...
“Prevention is the best type of medicine,” says Dr. Troy Madsen. Working in the ER, Dr. Madsen has seen people on their worst days. So how has this changed his...
Parents, especially new ones, can become obsessed with what’s in their child’s diaper. How much is enough? How much is too little? What color is normal? Pediatrician Dr. Cindy Gellner...
Breastfeeding should be easy. All mammals do it, but as a new mother, if you have questions, who do you talk to? OBGYN Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones sits down with...
For the past 50 years, pacemakers have hardly changed, but a new device has the potential to change how pacemakers work. The device is the size of a large vitamin...
Dermatologist Dr. David Smart answers the question about when you should be concerned about moles. He goes over the “ABCDE’s” of what a dermatologist looks for in moles and when...
The rotator cuff is a group of tightly connected muscles that stabilize the shoulder joint. These muscles can be torn in a traumatic injury or simply by age-related wear and...
Kids and adults can both injure their knees doing the same things. Skiing accidents, overuse with sports, trips and falls. But kids’ bones are still developing well into their late...
The overwhelming number of people who are shot go to the ER. Contrary to what a lot of movies and TV shows portray, once a gunshot victim gets to the...
When we rise out of bed in the morning, the pressure within our eyes changes massively - by 100-fold - and yet no damage is done. David Krizaj, Ph.D., Moran...
