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By age 56, Roma Jean Ockler had endured 17 years of recurring infections and a life-threatening intestinal illness before finally receiving the right treatment for her condition. Her family’s genetic...

Members of the public can touch a human brain or move a ball with their thoughts during Brain Awareness Day on Saturday, March 19 at the Leonardo museum. Brain Awareness...

University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have unexpectedly found that a drug that has been used for the past 50 years to treat heart failure and high blood pressure...

One in five infants who have trouble sleeping may continue to have challenges during their toddler years.

If you are age 50 or older, it's time to schedule a colonoscopy. This life saving screening that can stop cancer before it forms or catch it in its earliest...

Star tennis player Maria Sharapova is facing backlash - and losing endorsement deals - after revealing that she failed a drug test at this year's Australian Open.

The United States Olympic Committee today announced the formation of an Infectious Disease Advisory Group to be chaired by Carrie L. Byington, M.D., professor of pediatrics and infectious disease specialist...

About eight percent of our DNA is viral in origin: remnants of ancient battles between infectious viruses and our ancestors. A new study published in Science by scientists at the...

(Huffington Post) - Jeff Pettey, MD, Explains "Sleep Crust" to readers on Huffington Post

When smoke gets in your eyes it can do serious damage.

First proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, National Eye Donor Month promotes eye donation awareness and celebrates the lives of eye donors and corneal recipients. This year, Governor Herbert...

New research links Zika infection with Gullian-Barre syndrome.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A proposal to legalize medical marijuana that's inching forward in the state Legislature has some Utahns with chronic pain and epilepsy rejoicing, while wary lawmakers...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A wisdom tooth is beginning to force its way to the surface on the top left side of Stephanie Mora's jaw. Left alone, it would...

(Fox 13) - While many organs are donated after a person passes away, �鶹ѧ����Ʒ�� Care recently performed their first live-donor liver transplant. It’s a fairly rare operation...

(The Salt Lake Tribune) - In "Physician-assisted suicide is a danger that extends beyond the patient" (Feb. 21), family physician Brian Zehnder claims that HB264, the "End of Life Options...

During his visit to Huntsman Cancer Institute the Vice President said too much of cancer research happens in "silos."

(STAT) - Joe Biden talks a lot about the potential for “big data” to accelerate the fight against cancer. On Friday, he spent time learning about a model of that...

The White House Precision Medicine Initiative is ushering in a new area of medicine that promises to deliver the right treatment to the right person at the right time, and...

University of Utah biochemist Danny Chou, Ph.D., is one of four researchers worldwide to receive a grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi US...

(U.S. News & World Report) - President Barack Obama sketched out an ambitious vision of medical research Thursday powered by a vast pool of research volunteers, a growing understanding of...

A University of Utah-led initiative to help people with rare and untreatable diseases was highlighted by the White House at the Precision Medicine Initiative Summit today. Patient Empowered Precision Medicine...

(Deseret News) - A committee of lawmakers overwhelmingly voted down a bill Tuesday that would have implemented a comprehensive sex education program in Utah schools.

With three sets of breast cancer screening guidelines giving conflicting sets of recommendations, it’s no wonder that patients and physicians are confused. A new study shows that adding to the...