Bryan Caldwell was only 34 when he suffered a serious stroke. After two months in the hospital, he was transferred to Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital where he faced many challenges.
When Susan Veater was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in July 2015, she didn't know much about the disease. "When I got the diagnosis, I wasn't sure what it meant," Veater...
Polly Creveling, a third-year medical student at University of Utah, was skiing through two feet of deep, fresh powder when her ski got stuck in the hard snow below. An...
MaryAlice has dealt with mental health challenges throughout her life and is familiar and comfortable sharing her struggles. During her second pregnancy, she was diagnosed with depression. Her family, friends...
Jaclyn Perkins, a BYU student, nearly cut one of her fingers off, which could have ended her pianist career. However, with the reconstructive surgery expertise of Dr. Isak Goodwin, she...
Pat O'Neal underwent radiation therapy when his prostate cancer spread. However, the radiation damaged his ureters (tubes that move urine from the kidneys to the bladder). He soon experienced urinary...
While it's important to be prepared when it comes to personal health, preparing for every potential illness or medical crisis is impossible. But, sharing your preferences regarding care options and...
Two Para Nordic skiers, Drew Shea and Dani Aravich, get paralympic coaching and training from Tanja Kari, Paralympian gold medalist and program director of TRAILS, the adaptive sports program at...
A year after her total knee replacement, Liz's knee continued to swell with time when it should have been recovering. Her doctors weren't too concerned about it despite her worsening...
Chris was just barely getting by while he struggled with mixed bipolar disorder episodes鈥攁 dangerous mix of depression that causes intense feelings of sadness and mania that keeps him hyper-focused...
Eric and Michelle Nielson always knew they wanted a family of their own. They struggled with getting pregnant, so they both were tested to assess their fertility. Tests showed that...
"Primary care is the heart of medicine," says Wendy Macey, PA-C, a family medicine primary care provider (PCP). "It's the bedrock of where health care comes from. Amenthist Gibbs, a...
When a car accident left Sarah Frei paralyzed, she chose to be unstoppable. With the help of her rehabilitation team at Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, she was determined to...
Joe Rands has been living with pulmonary fibrosis for more than 15 years. However breathing became more and more difficult in the early months of 2020. Unfortunately for Rands, a...
Talon Jarmen came into the world suddenly after 30 weeks gestation. Their time in the NICU taught Talon's family that they can handle anything鈥攁nd that planning is overrated.
While being on bedrest at a hospital up north, my water broke at just 24 weeks gestation with triplets. This hospital knew they didn鈥檛 have the means to care for...