There’s nothing better than gathering around a warm fireplace with the family when the weather gets a little chilly outside. But it can actually be quite dangerous, and maybe in...
You pay a visit to the dentist, he gives you some antibiotics for that toothache, and shortly afterward you develop diarrhea. Doesn’t sound right, does it? But happens more often...
A recent report changed when physicians should prescribe blood pressure medication. But does it also redefine what is considered high blood pressure? Dr. Miller tells you about the new guidelines...
Surprisingly, many women don’t know what the cervix is or what it does, according to Dr. Kirtly Jones. Take a moment to learn about the cervix and the important functions...
In many places in the world, using your hands to eat from a communal dish is part of the culture. For some Americans, that can seem a little gross -...
They are always surrounded by germs and viruses. So doesn’t it make you wonder why your doctors and nurses never seems to get sick? Emergency room physician Dr. Troy Madsen...
Human papillomavirus, better known as HPV, is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with 79 million Americans affected in 2013. The HPV vaccine can have a few different names, but...
Our genetic code is made up of 3.3 billion base pairs of DNA, and one single base pair change can be enough to put someone at risk for developing disease...
With the ski and snowboarding season here, Dr. Jeffrey Greenbaum from St. John’s Medical Center talks about the types of injuries that can occur on the slopes and what might...
Is it food poisoning? A stomach bug? The latest food contamination you heard about on the news? Or is it simply something you ate that doesn’t agree with you? When...
Dr. Glen Prestwich, who holds 27 patents, has founded eight companies and was just made a fellow in the National Academy of Inventors, discusses the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah’s remarkable record...
Carl Wittwer, one of three health sciences faculty recently made a fellow in the National Academy of Inventors, describes his work involving PCR, a way to copy fragments of DNA...
ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah researchers have discovered a genetic variation in mice that predisposes them toward developing severe, inflammatory arthritis. The finding implicates a new class of genes in arthritis progression...
ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah researcher, Janet Iwasa, Ph.D., has discovered that visual representations spark scientific discussions. Molecular animators are making movies starring cells, proteins, viruses, and more, and research as scientists...
You’re at a holiday dinner and you think someone is choking on food – should you give them the Heimlich maneuver? Does it really work? Emergency room physician Dr. Troy...
Although prostate cancer isn’t likely to kill you, it can have a very negative impact on your quality of life. For men who have been diagnosed with the disease, figuring...
If you think the use of leeches to bleed people died with the Middle Ages, you might be surprised to learn that the slimy bugs are used in modern medicine...
Degloving sounds pretty gruesome, and it can happen if you put your hand in the snowblower – even if it’s not running. And surprisingly, it’s not the arms and hands...
Borrowing tools from Hollywood, Dr. Janet Iwasa, Research Assistant Professor in Biochemistry at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah, transforms research findings into lively, 3-D animated movies. She says the process causes...
The stigma associated with lung cancer is that it’s a smokers’ disease and they’ve brought it on themselves. While it’s true that 90 percent of lung cancer cases are smoking...
Utah’s unique resources of genealogy and cancer data, combined with records from two major health care organizations, made it possible for researchers to determine that the current screening guidelines allow...
You’re having chest pains and difficulty breathing, and no one is around to take you to the emergency room. You may not want to call 911 and tie up the...
