Kerry Kelly, associate director of the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah's Program for Air Quality, ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ and Society, weighs in on what research shows about air quality on days when large fireworks...
(MEDCity News) - SALT LAKE CITY – When a car rolls off an assembly line, the automaker knows exactly what parts, labor and facilities cost. Not so in health care...
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Jun 28, 2014
(USA Today) - SALT LAKE CITY - When a car rolls off an assembly line, the automaker knows exactly what parts, labor and facilities cost. Not so in health care...
Patients who have post-operative complications following high-risk surgery have a significantly lower risk of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days if they go see their primary care physician...
(The Washington Post) - Hospitals across the country are struggling to deal with a shortage of one of their essential medical supplies. Manufacturers are rationing saline - a product used...
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Jun 25, 2014
(USA Today) - Veterans who suffered brain injuries while in the service were more likely to develop Alzheimer's decades later, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal...
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...
Senior Director of Marketing for ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ 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 ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Care Moran Eye Center about eye care myths.
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Jun 16, 2014
(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 ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ’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 ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Researchers Megan Vanneman, Ph.D. Dr. Vanneman is a joint postdoctoral fellow in health services research at the...
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Jun 12, 2014
(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...
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Jun 11, 2014
(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.
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 ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵren'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.
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Jun 09, 2014
(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...
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Jun 06, 2014
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute has begun construction on a $105 million research wing dedicated to the study of ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵhood 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...