After all the lifting, hauling and wrapping, worn out gift givers may blame the season’s physical strain for any shoulder soreness they are feeling. It turns out there could be...
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah will head an international study to find out how lifestyle and other health factors impact colon and rectal cancer outcomes. HCI...
ARUP Laboratories, a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a leader in innovative laboratory research and development, announced the appointment of Julio Delgado, MD, MS, as chief medical...
Precision medicine promises health care tailored to every individual, a mission that opens exciting possibilities and poses unique challenges. How do we control cost, equalize access to care, and speed...
The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah Hospital is one of 19 transplant hospitals nationwide and the only hospital in Utah named to participate in the COIIN (Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network) pilot...
On Dec. 3, 2016, in a ceremony in Salt Lake City, John M. Opitz, M.D., received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany – also called the...
Scientists from the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah and ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Washington have developed blueprints that instruct human cells to assemble a virus-like delivery system that can transport custom cargo from one...
Religious and spiritual experiences activate the brain reward circuits in much the same way as love, sex, gambling, drugs and music, report researchers at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah School of...
School of Dentistry Dean Wyatt Rory Hume, DDS, Ph.D. has agreed to lend his expertise to the additional role of Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Education
The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah College of Pharmacy’s Anticonvulsant Drug Development (ADD) Program has been awarded a five-year $19.5 million contract renewal with the National Institutes of ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ (NIH) to test...
On Dec. 1-2, national experts in genetics, medicine, law, big data and other will fields gather for Frontiers in Precision Medicine II: Cancer, Big Data and the Public, a unique...
Published in October in Cell as part of a study led by scientists at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah School of Medicine, the structure reveals how specific mistakes in PKD2 triggers...
For years, scientists have known that someone who is thin could still end up with diabetes. Yet an obese person may be surprisingly healthy. Now, new research led by scientists...
For 2017, ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Plans (UUHP) will expand its presence in the Utah market by continuing to offer Individual Plan products alongside SelectÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ and Molina.
In the past decade, ophthalmologists have been prescribing nutritional supplements to be taken daily to prevent or slow vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Now, using nutritional supplements for...
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning kills more than 400 people according to the CDC and is responsible for over 50,000 emergency department visits2 nationwide each year.
The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Care Thrombosis Service has been named an Anticoagulation Center of Excellence after passing the Anticoagulation Forum’s assessment program.
(The New York Times) - The world has been galvanized by the Zika epidemic spreading through the Americas, which has left more than 2,000 infants with severe brain damage. But...
In October, the Utah Hospital Association honored Van Vranken with the 2016 Distinguished Hospital Executive Award, which recognizes individuals who’ve made significant contributions to health care in our state.
Researchers from the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah studying Drosophila fruit flies have found that in flies, providing a common dietary supplement prevents death caused by Pngl deficiency, the fly analog of...
"Coffee" was the most tweeted food in the continental U.S. from mid-2014 to mid-2015 followed by "beer" then "pizza". Besides hinting at which foods are popular, VPCAT scholar Quynh Nguyen...
A team of physicians and laboratory scientists has taken a key step toward a cure for sickle cell disease, using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to fix the mutated gene responsible for...
ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Care will officially open its new Farmington ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Center on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m.
For seven years running, ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Care (UUHC) has ranked among the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers in quality, safety and accountability. This year, the U has...
