(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.
A team of physician-researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah will receive nearly $3.6 million over the next five years in a cooperative agreement with the National...
(The Salt Lake Tribune) - It's a deadly trend that sweeps the nation each summer as the weather heats up: Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµren die after being left in hot cars.
Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ Care is the No. 1 health care system in Utah and the Salt Lake City metro area, according U.S. News & World Report¿s 2014-2015 Best Hospitals...
At Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ Care (UUHC), our mission is to care for the sick and those in need. For this reason, we support Governor Gary Herbert's Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµy Utah Plan...
Hospitals & Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ Networks magazine recognized Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ Care as one of the nation¿s "most wired" institutions according to its 2014 Most Wired Survey released.
Tim Howard, goalkeeper for the U.S. Men's National Team, wowed the world with 16 saves in his last match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup against Belgium. But a little...
Organic foods cost more, but are they any better for you than non-organic? Rachel Jones, MPH, a registered dietitian at Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ, sheds some light on this issue.
Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah startup NeuroVersity and the Columbus Community Center, which provides support services for people with disabilities, launched a new pilot project to help address the increasing numbers of...
(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.
(Deseret News) - SALT LAKE CITY - A potential presidential candidate will join the Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center on a medical mission to Guatemala after Congress...
Kerry Kelly, associate director of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ of Utah's Program for Air Quality, Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµ and Society, weighs in on what research shows about air quality on days when large fireworks...
(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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(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...
Patients who have post-operative complications following high-risk surgery have a significantly lower risk of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days if they go see their primary care physician...