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Health and Wellness: How your sleep environment affects rest and recovery

When people talk about better sleep, the advice usually centers on habits: Go to bed earlier, limit screen time and cut back on caffeine. While those strategies matter, they overlook a critical factor that affects your body for seven to nine hours every night: the physical environment you sleep ...

The Conversation: Feeling alive

“Appreciate every day that you’re alive because being alive is a luxury that many don’t get to experience for long.” — Massy Arias Can you imagine what it would feel like to live out the desires of your heart? Surrounded by all that cooperates and guides us to our greatness requires ...

Ask Dr. Steve: Childhood experiences shape who you are as an adult

The patterns we carry into adulthood often have their roots in childhood. This doesn't mean we're destined to repeat the past, but understanding where our responses come from can be the first step toward creating the changes we want. The strategies you developed as a child made sense given what ...

The Conversation: Moving through the dark

“The night is darkest just before the dawn, and I promise you, the dawn is coming.” — The Dark Knight The beginning of each day starts in the dark, and ends in the dark. The dark reveals truth and relinquishes the sensory apparatuses, thus requiring attributes from an internal nature to ...

Flu shots still recommended as Utah experiences another severe influenza season

Influenza rates in Utah have dropped significantly since the holiday season but still remain prevalent as doctors urge people to get a flu shot. During the week of Dec. 28, the state reported nine influenza-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 people, or 314 cases, marking the highest rate ...

The Conversation: What is in the way?

We can get lost in our everyday dialogue with people while we shoot the breeze in casual conversation. Talking about the things we do not desire draws us closer to that which comes out of our mouths. There is no rhyme or reason to our words, only universal law and absolutes. Think before ...