The University of Utah Stroke Center has been recognized once again for the highest level of achievement in using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients through...
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - There was a time when 10-year-old Elizabeth Watson hated the burn scars that wrapped around her legs, arms, feet and part of her head, "thinking...
New research led by the University of Utah School of Medicine proposes that when a particular genetic change evolved as a dietary adaptation in humans who grew the first food...
Two contracts will make the University the country's only National Library of Medicine Training Center and reinforce its role as a regional medical library
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - Fewer hospitals in the country are out-performing themselves and others each year, according to the latest survey by U.S. News & World Report.
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - When Nancy Powell's walking along, the residual effects of a stroke seven years ago following a severe car crash are well hidden.
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Jul 04, 2011
(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...
Edward B. Clark, M.D., chair of the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics and chief medical officer at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, has received the 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.
(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...
(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.
