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Utah health officials promote rituals as mental health aid

If you brush your teeth every day, have a cup of coffee each morning or shut off your phone before you go to sleep, you may not realize it, but you’re practicing a ritual. Rituals are a common part of our daily lives and can help us relax, reduce stress and anxiety, and focus. They become a ...

Utah man gets prison time for selling 120,000 fake COVID-19 vaccine cards

A Utah man was sentenced to prison on Thursday for selling thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. A federal judge sentenced 34-year-old Nicholas Frank Sciotto to 12 months for selling at least 120,000 counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards after he admitted in July to conspiring ...

U of U Health partnering in multistate effort to thwart childhood obesity

Researchers at University of Utah Health will lead a six-state research initiative to prevent childhood obesity after receiving $5 million in federal funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Mountain West Prevention Research Center, based at U of U Health, will ...

Public invited to free breast cancer, reconstruction awareness event

Breast cancer survivors throughout the state will be telling their personal stories during a community event hosted by Intermountain Health. As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is every October, Intermountain Health also will be sharing information about the advances in ...