(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Watch a life-saving drug flow into the arm of a loved one who has cancer or reach for prescription medication to ease your...
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Jun 24, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Geneticists using software developed at the University of Utah have identified the mutation that causes a mysterious, previously unnamed affliction that has killed several baby...
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Jun 16, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Doctors from all four major hospital networks in the state of Utah stood together Thursday in a show of support for better patient...
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Jun 14, 2011
(Deseret News) - Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death in American women and, if caught early, can push the five-year survival rate up to 90 percent, according to...
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Jun 01, 2011
(Reuters) - A new poll shows parents are split over whether their newborns should be screened for fragile X syndrome, the most common type of inherited mental disability.
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May 29, 2011
(Deseret News) - PARK CITY - Mortui vivos docent.
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May 19, 2011
(ABC News) - Evidence of the troubling increase in prescription drug abuse has reached hospital emergency rooms, which report increasing medication-related suicide attempts among women 50 and older.
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May 16, 2011
(TIME) - One in 10 mothers give birth prematurely, a biological mystery that often comes with little warning and a sideshow of dangerous health repercussions. Doctors historically have had little...
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May 15, 2011
(Science Daily) - Researchers working with zebrafish have identified previously undiscovered high-risk genetic features in T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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May 12, 2011
(U.S. News & World Report) - A new study shows that a retrovirus called XMRV is not present in the blood of people with chronic fatigue syndrome, a finding that...
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May 10, 2011
(The Wall Street Journal) - Shortages of drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have sent patients and their families on a hunt for pharmacies with drugs in stock.
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May 08, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Doctors have few ways of identifying which first-time pregnant women will suffer from preterm birth, miscarriage or stillbirth.
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May 05, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Sarah Reeder found out through her first ultrasound that she had lost not one, but her first two babies, as the twins hadn't...
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May 04, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Four years ago, cheerleader Tayler Hansen was diagnosed with scoliosis - a curving of her spine. If left uncorrected, it would eventually push...
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May 03, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Hundreds of rural Utahns have been helped by a federal grant that assists patients and families in finding extended care during serious illnesses, a state...
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Apr 26, 2011
(The Washington Post) - Unprecedented surge in drug shortages plagues hospitals, patients across the United States.
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Apr 11, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - For years, we've been told to drink eight glasses of water a day.
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Mar 13, 2011
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - No more anxiously waiting on hold for a doctor's office to make an appointment, refill a prescription, check test results or ask a...
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Feb 05, 2011
(The New York Times) - People with chronic pain often discover that getting the care they need at an affordable price can be challenging. Here are some suggestions that may...
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Feb 03, 2011
(The Seattle Times) - SALT LAKE CITY - Few, if any, patients who check into the University of Utah鈥檚 Huntsman Cancer Institute for surgery or chemotherapy will give a moment鈥檚...
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Jan 24, 2011
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A hospital stay accompanied by noise, light and interrupted sleep in unfamiliar surroundings can be a weird experience for anyone but particularly for elderly people...
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Jan 21, 2011
(The New York Times) - A committee voted that the agency approve the first test that can show Alzheimer鈥檚 in the brain of a living person.
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Jan 13, 2011
(NPR) - Dr. Jeffrey Botkin, a pediatrician and bioethicist at the University of Utah, speaks to NPR's Michele Norris about the ethics of genetic screening for childhood diseases. He says...
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Jan 05, 2011
(KSL) - SALT LAKE CITY - If you knew you were genetically predisposed for skin cancer, would you slather on more sunblock? Would you get your children tested for melanoma?