For the first time, a mutation in HIF2a, a specific group of genes known as transcription factors that is involved in red blood cell production and cell metabolism, has been...
(Deseret News) - I recently traveled to Ghana with a group of pediatric doctors and nurses from the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah Medical Center. I’d heard of the planned trip from...
(The New York Times) - Judges who were told that a defendant in a hypothetical case was genetically predisposed to violence imposed lighter sentences than they otherwise would have, researchers...
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(NPR) - In 1991, a man named Stephen Mobley robbed a Domino's pizza in Hall County, Ga., and shot the restaurant manager dead.
(Deseret News) - The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Care Hospital Burn Camp was held at Camp Tracy in Millcreek Canyon on Sunday. The 13th annual burn camp was held for...
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(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - Athletes know all about an amino acid called creatine.
Alternating hemiplegia of ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵhood (AHC) is a rare disorder that usually begins in infancy, with intermittent episodes of paralysis and stiffness, first affecting one side of the body, then the...
(Huffington Post) - Around 1 in 8 babies in the United States is born premature, increasing the risk for long hospital stays and health problems down the road.
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Jul 17, 2012
(Chicago Tribune) - NEW YORK (Reuters ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ) - Hospital admissions for ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ abuse have risen in the past decade, and the increase might be related to the housing crisis of...
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, affecting more than two million Americans each year. Learn the ABCDs for skin cancer detection.
"Ryan, don't move." It's one of my most poignant memories as a ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ: my younger brother, Ryan, crouched at the side of a trail, picking berries, with a coiled rattlesnake...
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Planning to exclusively breast-feed? Start right after giving birth, feed on demand, keep the baby in your hospital room to sleep and ask the staff...