(News Medical) - University of Utah scientists have developed a genetically engineered line of mice that is expected to open the door to new research on epilepsy, Alzheimer's and other...
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Aug 19, 2014
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Thriving at high altitude, where most mortals suffer from oxygen deprivation? There's a gene for that.
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Aug 17, 2014
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - For high school football players, Friday nights spent on hard-fought victories on the field are a memorable part of the game. Most players will enjoy...
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Aug 17, 2014
(ScienceDaily) - In an environment where others struggle to survive, Tibetans thrive in the thin air of the Tibetan Plateau, with an average elevation of 14,800 feet. A new study...
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Aug 16, 2014
(Fox 13) - FOX 13's Brett Benson and Max Roth spent the morning at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the Be Well Utah Family Health Fair. Brett and Max talked with experts...
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Aug 14, 2014
(Fox 13) - Garrett Harding with the Huntsman Cancer Institute stopped by Fox 13 to talk about new research in preventing cancer.
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Aug 04, 2014
(Deseret News) - 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀÖ±²¥ Care and Salt Lake City Fire Department are asking for the public’s help in locating all automatic external defibrillators in Salt Lake City...
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Aug 01, 2014
(RWJF) - Want to know one of health care’s dirty little secrets? While we know how much the country spends on care each year, we have little understanding of what...
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Jul 31, 2014
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - A West Jordan man who has hepatitis C went home from University of Utah Hospital Thursday with a new kidney, the first Utah patient to...
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Jul 29, 2014
(Healio) - Leveraging patient surveys and outcome-focused metrics allows hospital to reduce costs.
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Jul 26, 2014
(The Economist) - WHEN a patient in Illinois did not like the result of her breast-augmentation surgery, she reacted like many dissatisfied customers: by writing negative comments about her doctor...
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Jul 22, 2014
(Forbes) - In recent years, catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) has been added to the current standard of anticoagulation therapy in some patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The hope was that...
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Jul 22, 2014
(MedPage Today) - The Alzheimer's disease drug memantine (Namenda) might be worth a look for improving recovery from stroke, a mouse-model study suggested.
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Jul 19, 2014
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah now has a second team of specialists to fly with infants and mothers in high-risk pregnancies to the hospital.
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Jul 16, 2014
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - It's a deadly trend that sweeps the nation each summer as the weather heats up: children die after being left in hot cars.
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Jul 08, 2014
(Healio) - Tracking drugs, supplies, and tests is helping health system analysts find ways for hospitals to cut costs in a time when many providers are tightening their belts.
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Jul 03, 2014
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - A potential presidential candidate will join the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center on a medical mission to Guatemala after Congress...
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Jun 30, 2014
(MEDCity News) - SALT LAKE CITY – When a car rolls off an assembly line, the automaker knows exactly what parts, labor and facilities cost. Not so in health care...
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Jun 28, 2014
(USA Today) - SALT LAKE CITY - When a car rolls off an assembly line, the automaker knows exactly what parts, labor and facilities cost. Not so in health care...
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Jun 25, 2014
(The Washington Post) - Hospitals across the country are struggling to deal with a shortage of one of their essential medical supplies. Manufacturers are rationing saline - a product used...
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Jun 25, 2014
(USA Today) - Veterans who suffered brain injuries while in the service were more likely to develop Alzheimer's decades later, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal...
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Jun 17, 2014
(Fox 13) - FOX 13’s Nineveh Dinha talks with Dr. Majid Moshirfar from the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀÖ±²¥ Care Moran Eye Center about eye care myths.
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Jun 16, 2014
(Fox 13) - SALT LAKE CITY - Chemicals are mixed into pools to kill bacteria. But the wrong amount of treatment to the water can burn a swimmer’s skin. Chemical...
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Jun 12, 2014
(US Dept. of Veterans Affairs) - 2014 Presidential Scholarship for New Health Services Researchers Megan Vanneman, Ph.D. Dr. Vanneman is a joint postdoctoral fellow in health services research at the...