Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., distinguished professor of human genetics and biology at the University of Utah's Eccles Institute of Human Genetics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has won...
Severely obese patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery significantly reduce their risk of death from coronary heart Сòòò½APP, diabetes, and cancer, according to research published in the Aug. 23, 2007...
Utah's rural residents save more than $1 million a year in emergency room costs by calling the Utah Poison Control Center (UPCC) in the event of potential poisonings
University of Utah Senior Vice President for Health Sciences A. Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D., today announced David Entwistle as the new chief executive officer of University of Utah Hospitals &...
The popular dietary supplements glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate proved no better than a placebo in relieving osteoarthritis knee pain in most participants of a major national trial.
For the first time in nearly 50 years, students from the University of Utahs School of Medicine, as well as the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Health, are starting school...
Jack H. Petajan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurology and School of Medicine faculty member for 36 years, died Wednesday, June 22, after a courageous battle against biliary cancer and its...
A researcher from the University of Utah Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center presented the findings of the first major study on appropriate Medicare reimbursements for chemotherapy services to cancer patients on...
For the 25 percent of American women who suffer excessive menstrual bleeding and severe abdominal pain because of uterine fibroids, a non-surgical procedure now offered at University of Utah Hospitals...
The University of Utah Hospital Stroke Center has been named a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
The University of Utah School of Medicine's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine is the nation's No. 3 family medicine department in grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH).