Today, the University of Utah announced a $3.1 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate how a person’s genetic makeup and a range of environmental factors...
Most people could benefit from a few extra hours of sleep every night. But some people habitually sleep much less than the recommended amount, yet report feeling no ill effects...
University of Utah is taking part in a nationwide, landmark study designed to address questions about how typical teen experiences – such as social media, lack of sleep and head...
Bucking national trends, a Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ Care program is making a difference in healthcare quality and cost, reports a study published in the Journal of the American Medical...
University of Utah researchers have found that the structure of an insulin molecule produced by predatory cone snails may be an improvement over current fast-acting therapeutic insulin. The finding suggests...
On September 1st, the Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ Care Orthopaedic Center became the first provider in the state and one of only a handful of academic medical centers in the...
A factor found in umbilical cord blood could become the basis for developing a new therapy to fight harmful inflammation, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers report. When given...
Squirting a simple saline solution into the nose twice a day could alleviate chronic nosebleeds just as effectively as spraying with any one of three different medications, reports a study...
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug is stirring excitement as the first to show promise in slowing the pace of dementia. King is local director for a larger clinical trial that is...
The steep rise in the price of the EpiPen - and the controversy surrounding the increase - has people who rely on the drug looking for ways to save money...
Pokemon GO is popular all over the world, and is being praised for improving players' health by getting them up and moving. The benefits go beyond physical well-being though, also...
As the opioid epidemic grows so does the spread of fentanyl. A new report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows the number of drug products testing positive for...
Utah families have had the opportunity to participate in hundreds of healthy activities this week during Be Well Utah, a community health fair, August 20-27 2016.
(Fox 13) - MURRAY, Utah - FOX 13 News' Dave Nemeth spoke with dermatologist Dr. Aaron Kobernick about allergies at the Family Skin and Vision Health Fair, Monday afternoon.
The first Olympic Games to be held in South America come with some unique challenges, along with the usual threats to health and safety that every Olympic Game presents.
