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Ogden’s Seager Memorial Clinic receives $10,000 grant for new equipment

OGDEN — A local free health clinic is one of 10 in the country to receive a grant for $10,000. Seager Memorial Clinic received the grant money from Family Medicine Cares USA and will use the money to help purchase medical equipment to boost primary care from a patient’s diagnosis through ...

University of Utah Health announces development of breakthrough HIV drug

University of Utah Health announced Friday the development of a promising new HIV drug. The drug, lenacapavir, has been named the 2024 breakthrough of the year by the scientific journal Science. Wesley Sundquist, Samuels professor and chair of biochemistry at the U of U, established the ...

McKay-Dee Hospital celebrates heart procedure milestone

OGDEN - Kristi Gagnier said she went from near death one day to wanting to run a marathon the next. That’s how much better she felt after receiving a life-saving procedure at Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital last September to replace a damaged heart valve. “I would go to work, come ...

Tips for dealing with upcoming time change

Daylight Saving Time is coming to an end on Nov. 3. That means shorter periods of daylight and a change in our circadian rhythm that is about to wreak havoc on our sleep schedule as well as our health. While springing forward in March causes us to lose an hour of sleep, falling back in ...

Health Screening Day to take place in Ogden on Saturday

OGDEN — Over 70 volunteer health care workers will be providing health screenings for the community during Seager Memorial Clinic’s annual Health Screening Day. The free event will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ogden-Weber Technical College’s health technology building, 200 ...