Complementary and alternative medicines are all over lately: herbal supplements, massage, essential oils, and more. You might love how some of these therapies make you feel, but are they safe...
Dr. Sean Mulvihill is CEO of the University of Utah Medical Group. He discusses the personal and human care nurses provide for patients and how integral that is for doctors.
Did you forget to do the most important thing for your advance directive? Dr. Anna Beck from Huntsman Cancer Institute tells you what an advance directive actually is, and the...
You don鈥檛 know if your parents have advance directives. You feel that they should. It can be a difficult conversation, but it doesn鈥檛 necessarily need to be, and it鈥檚 one...
Many Americans describe their marriages as lacking in sex for a number of reasons: kids, busy lives, etc. Dr. Kirtly Jones talks about the recent dialogue regarding sex and marriage鈥攁nd...
Are you one of the many who has taken the 鈥渟ugar-free challenge鈥 to remove added sugar from your diet for 10 days? Health educator Ashley Quadros talks about the trend...
If you鈥檝e recently been diagnosed with chlamydia or are worried you might have it, you probably have a lot of questions racing through your mind. Dr. Kyle Jones explains the...
Representing 8 million people connected to over 23 million records - including vital statistics, medical records, and genealogical information - the Utah Population Database is the largest database of its...
The joy of discovering you鈥檙e pregnant can sometimes be overshadowed by the misery and discomfort of morning sickness. Dr. Howard Sharp, OB-GYN, and Dr. Tom Miller talk about new treatments...
Pediatrician Dr. Cindy Gellner goes over speech and language development for babies and toddlers. She talks about what to expect your baby to be saying depending on how old they...
Though they sound very similar, there are big differences between the training and basic job duties of athletic trainers and personal trainers. Sports medicine specialist Dr. Amy Powell and Dr...
Deep brain stimulation is a therapy that has been proven to decrease symptoms of movement disorders like Parkinson鈥檚 disease. It鈥檚 a therapy that some people are beginning to try鈥攕ometimes for...
There鈥檚 a lot to consider when buying a first-aid kit鈥 should you get the bigger, more expensive one for your camping trip or do you really need all that stuff...
The U.S. ranks at the bottom of developed countries for infant mortality, obesity, heart disease and a number of other health issues. So can the United States turn those numbers...
When it comes to writing the personal statement on a physician assistant application, many people panic or shut down when they can鈥檛 think of what to write. Doris Dalton is...
Between fat free, gluten free, organic, natural and whole grain foods, it can be difficult to discern what鈥檚 actually the healthiest. Health educator Ashley Quadros teaches us the most important...
There is emerging evidence that spirituality is healthy for you. People who participate regularly in religious or spiritual services or rituals have better immune systems and cope with stress better...
Many people self-diagnose restless leg syndrome, but it comes with a set of specific symptoms and is actually much less common than you鈥檇 think. Dr. Cindy Gellner gives us the...
When Jenn, a current first year medical student here at UUSOM didn鈥檛 get into medical school on her first try, she chose to take that year to pursue a master鈥檚...
The new School of Dentistry is opening at the University of Utah, but it鈥檚 exciting for everyone, not just future dentists. Dr. Glen Hanson is a professor and the Interim...
If you experience excruciating pain when your time of the month rolls around, something could be up. Dr. Joseph Stanford explains the signs and symptoms of endometriosis and why it鈥檚...
Although congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) isn鈥檛 uncommon, very little is known about this birth defect. Dr. Stephen J. Fenton is a pediatric surgeon and CDH expert. He talks about everything...
Josh Hensley had two children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a devastating birth defect. Although CDH isn鈥檛 uncommon, very little is known about it. He talks about the difficulty parents...
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it is a life-threatening birth defect, and is just as common. Occurring...