A discovery by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute shows that looking at whether a man’s uncles and great-grandparents, among other second- and third-degree relatives, had prostate cancer could be as...
(Deseret News) - The number of women choosing to give birth outside hospitals each year has doubled since 1990, according to a recent Utah Department of ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ study
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The pain can be almost unbearable. Sciatica can come on suddenly, or occur after sitting for long periods of time. The pain radiates from the sciatic nerve that runs from...
A ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ's room is no place for a television set. For years that has been the warning from pediatricians all over the world. Now though, they are saying it isn't...
(Deseret News) - WEST VALLEY CITY - On a plaza outside of a Utah chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, three teenagers with depression joined their peers to...
Open any introductory biology textbook and one of the first things you’ll learn is that our DNA spells out the instructions for making proteins, tiny machines that do much of...
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(KSL) - It could have looked like any small pre-holiday gathering, as a dozen or so people filed into a rented room at the Davis School District offices for a...
(KUTV) - Dr. Lauri Linder is a researcher trying to help ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵren and teen cancer patients use iPads to provide information to their doctor to help with symptoms and experiences...
If you're like most people, you're too busy to get sick. So it's important to take every measure to stay well and protect your body from illnesses. Here's how.
Dr. Julio Facelli has been elected as a 2014 Fellow to the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Female meth users may have a higher chance of developing Parkinson’s disease than male users, new research from the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah suggests.
If you happen to catch yourself under a mistletoe this Christmas, make sure you think twice about who you kiss. Butterflies aren't the only thing you might take with you...
Examination of DNA from 21 primate species - from squirrel monkeys to humans - exposes an evolutionary war against infectious bacteria over iron that circulates in the bloodstream. Supported by...