The coming of a new season involves the dying of its predecessor. With each cycle of the sun and moon, we are offered new beginnings and opportunities. There are two sides to bringing anything full circle; one cannot exist without the other for we must experience growth in its entirety. Growth ...
When you think about your annual health checkups, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s your physical exam, a cholesterol test, a mammogram, a colonoscopy or even a dental cleaning. But there’s one essential screening that many people forget — a skin check. Did you know skin cancer is the most ...
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is suing Utah’s attorney general and insurance commissioner over a law passed during the legislative session aimed at stopping drug manufacturers from limiting where hospitals and clinics can buy discounted medication. Filed in May in federal court in the ...
After an unvaccinated out-of-state visitor traveled to southwestern Utah while infected with measles, state health officials are watching for any potential of the highly contagious virus spreading in Utah. The patient came to the state to visit family on May 26 and 27, the Utah Department of ...
CLINTON — Until the fall of 2022, Jabri Fox was a very healthy 10-year-old girl. Two months later, she was on the heart transplant list. “She went to Disneyland, and when she got home, we all got COVID,” said Jabri’s mother, Casey Thompson. “But her symptoms were different and she ...
Multiple studies have proven consuming excess sugar is linked to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes. But a new study from Brigham Young University refined the research to show not all types of sugar consumption are the same. The findings have implications for dirty soda fanatics across Utah ...
SALT LAKE CITY — When Utah Republicans passed a ban on gender-affirming health care for children and teens in 2023, they argued it was needed to protect vulnerable kids from treatments that could cause long-term harm. Years later, the results of a study commissioned under the same law ...
When your loved one receives a dementia diagnosis, a decline in cognition and memory is the main symptom you expect to see. But what you may not expect are behavioral symptoms like aggression, paranoia and wandering or the emotional toll these all take. You may find yourself stepping into an ...
Utah leads the nation when it comes to administering the fastest care to people suffering from stroke. According to the American Heart Association’s “Get With The Guidelines” database, 94.5% of patients at Intermountain Health stroke centers receive life-saving clot-busting medication ...
Though Ashton Davis learns a lot from lectures, studying and practicing in labs, the future optometric physician prefers real-world educational experiences like he recently had at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMU). Davis was among a half-dozen students who recently helped ...
