OGDEN — Sometimes, 10 minutes can matter. Especially during a drug overdose.That’s one reason the executive director of the <a href="http://www.health.utah.gov/" target="_blank">Utah Health Department</a> signed an order Thursday allowing pharmacists to dispense ...
According to the <a href="http://www.health.utah.gov/" target="_blank">Utah Department of Health</a>, opioid abuse is an epidemic in <a href="http://www.opidemic.org/" target="_blank">Utah</a>.“Drug poisoning deaths have outpaced deaths ...
OGDEN — The data surrounding prescription opioid abuse in Utah is staggering.The Beehive State was fourth in the nation for prescription opioid overdose deaths between 2012 and 2014, <a href="https://ibis.health.utah.gov/pdf/opha/publication/hsu/2016/1607_Naloxone.pdf" ...
Ski and snowboard injuries aren’t just a pain. They can be a disaster for your bank account with mounting medical bills, not to mention that pricey nonrefundable season pass you’re not longer able to use. Dr. <a href="http://utahorthopaedics.com/providers/byck.php" ...
The nation’s opioid overdose epidemic recently received scrutiny from a 22-member task force made up of city and county officials from around the U.S.The panel, which included Weber County Commissioner Matthew Bell, released a series of recommendations Thursday in a <a ...
OGDEN — As the days grow increasingly darker, colder, shorter and less colorful, the chances for one to encounter a bout of seasonal depression spike.<a href="http://healthcare.utah.edu/healthlibrary/related/doc.php?type=85&amp;id=P00755" target="_blank">According to ...
The <a href="https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals</a> in Denver has refused to hear the <a href="http://www.utah.gov/index.html" target="_blank">state of Utah’s</a> effort to stall a class ...
ROY — The Kraaima family celebrated a birthday this weekend for a boy they never met in this life but have come to love.Included in a collage of family pictures on the Kraaimas’ living room wall hangs a photo of 10-year-old <a ...
OGDEN — Stairs are no longer the enemy.That's how Dick Walter describes how he feels two months after having a procedure to treat atrial fibrillation.Walter, 69, of Syracuse, is the first person in Utah to undergo convergent ablation at <a href="http://ogdenregional.com/" ...
Men with beards aren’t as scary as some might think. But prostate cancer can be.So, for all you men out there — grow some facial hair during the month of November, also known as Movember — and get to your doctor for a prostate screening test. It could save your life.Greg Schoenwolf, ...