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REPORT: Utah ranks average for preventative healthcare

The <a href="http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/" target="_blank">United Health Foundation</a> has released <a href="http://cdnfiles.americashealthrankings.org/SiteFiles/PressReleases/FinalReport-SpotlightPrevention-26-Feb-2016.pdf" target="_blank">a ...

First case of Zika virus in Utah confirmed, officials say

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials confirmed the first case of the <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/en/" target="_blank">Zika virus</a> has been identified in <a href="http://utah.gov/index.html" ...

Tanner Clinic to open new east Layton location

LAYTON — East <a href="http://www.laytoncity.org/public/" target="_blank">Layton</a> will soon be home to <a href="http://tannerclinic.com/" target="_blank">Tanner Clinic</a>’s fifth location. The <a ...

6 takeaways from new report on Weber, Morgan counties’ health

The <a href="http://www.webermorganhealth.org/index.php" target="_blank">Weber-Morgan Health Department</a> has officially released its first Community Health Assessment, <a href="http://www.webermorganhealth.org/_include/pdf/WMHD_CHA.pdf" ...

Wear Red Day urges women not to ignore sometimes subtle heart attack symptoms

Karen Hill knows her right from her left. So five years ago, when the then 71-year-old South Ogden woman began having strange pains on her right side near what she describes as her “neck bone,” a heart attack was the last thing on her mind.Hill had just lost her husband a month earlier to ...

Volunteers help inner-city Ogden get free health services

OGDEN — About 500 Ogden-area residents received free medical, dental and optometry services over the past two days at the Marshall White Center. The two-day health clinic was organized by THRIVE, a full-time volunteer organization run by college-aged members of the Seventh-day Adventist ...

American Lung Association blasts Utah for poor control of e-cigs among youth

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is flunking in efforts to save lives through better controls against tobacco products, including the boom in e-cigarette use among teens, a health group charged Wednesday.In its 14th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report, the <a href="http://www.lung.org/" ...

Key questions remain in hepatitis C outbreak investigation

OGDEN — It’s been three months since McKay-Dee Hospital and Davis Hospital and Medical Center alerted 7,200 patients they may have been exposed to hepatitis C by an infected nurse who worked at both places.However, much remains unknown publicly about the extent of the outbreak.What has been ...

North Ogden woman honors donor, pushes on after rare heart-liver transplant

NORTH OGDEN — Heidi Martin lights a candle on every holiday for a young woman she has never met.That woman lost her life last year. She was an organ donor and a perfect match for Martin, who was waiting for a new heart and liver.“It’s so hard to know someone lost their life so you could ...