WASHINGTON TERRACE — Lynnette Weese is one woman who knows exactly how brave she is.That’s because she’s faced a terminal illness — which has required many painful surgeries — with more strength and vigor than she ever knew she could muster. She said at first, she cried for 15 ...
FARMINGTON — While most children go through the so-called “terrible twos,” Lindsay Bartholomew suspected her daughter Emma had unique challenges that exacerbated the toddler’s behavior.In addition to sometimes only sleeping two hours a night, Bartholomew said “her behavior was off ...
In the U.S. alone, an estimated 6.5 million people age 12 and older abuse prescription drugs, according to the <a href="http://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FRR1-2014/NSDUH-FRR1-2014.pdf" target="_blank">2014 National Survey on Drug Use and ...
SALT LAKE CITY — A new study from the <a href="http://www.utah.edu/" target="_blank">University of Utah</a> has yielded positive results from testing the effects of cannabis extract on children with epilepsy.Results of the study showed a 40 percent decrease in ...
CLEARFIELD — Rick Lilly sat at a student’s desk in his empty classroom at <a href="http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/706" target="_blank">Clearfield High School</a>, talking about a subject that is near and dear to his heart — and to his kidneys.OK, technically, ...
LAYTON — Eight years ago, land was purchased just west of Interstate 15 in Layton to build a new hospital in the heart of Davis County, said Tim Pehrson, a regional vice president for <a href="https://intermountainhealthcare.org/" target="_blank">Intermountain ...
A staggering cost for treatment, on top of an uncertain health outlook, is putting the victims of a hepatitis C outbreak at <a style="font-size: 10pt;" href="https://intermountainhealthcare.org/locations/mckay-dee-hospital/" target="_blank">McKay-Dee Hospital</a> and ...
Tuna giant <a href="http://www.bumblebee.com/" target="_blank">Bumble Bee Foods</a> issued a voluntary recall on just less than 32,000 cases of its chunk light tuna <a href="http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm491107.htm" target="_blank">in an ...
OGDEN — Thanks to a federal grant, <a href="http://www.midtownchc.org/" target="_blank">Midtown Community Health Center</a> clinics in Weber and Davis counties will soon be able to offer medication-assisted treatment to uninsured heroin and opiate addicts.Last ...
Suicide was the leading cause of death in 2014 for Utahns ages 18 to 24, according to the <a href="https://ibis.health.utah.gov/indicator/complete_profile/SuicDth.html" target="_blank">Utah Department of Health</a>. And for <a href="http://www.weber.edu/" ...
