Last year, 192 people were treated in Utah’s emergency departments for carbon monoxide poisoning. Four of those people died. As temperatures continue to plummet, officials with the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Dominion Energy, Utah Poison Control, Unified Fire Authority and ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Patients at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital will get to delve into the world of radio, television and news, thanks to a donation by multimedia mogul Ryan Seacrest. Seacrest, best known for "Live with Kelly and Ryan" and "American Idol," selected the children’s ...
OGDEN — Seager Clinic is hosting its third annual free Health Screening Day for the public this weekend. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, anyone can receive a number of preventive screenings that include breast exams, mammograms, pap smears, skin cancer screenings, dental cleanings, blood ...
SALT LAKE CITY - Intermountain Healthcare launched a public campaign on Thursday in an effort to enhance the health and well-being of children. The “Primary Promise” campaign is the largest and most ambitious philanthropic initiative ever launched by the organization, according to Katy ...
Grieving the loss of a loved one can be profoundly difficult, especially during the holiday season when families gather together to celebrate traditions that once included their lost loved ones. On Tuesday, Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program will hold its annual Grief and ...
A new wave of COVID-19 is starting to make its way through Utah, with increasing numbers of people testing positive for the virus and visiting emergency departments across the state. Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious disease physician at Intermountain Healthcare, said with the colder weather ...
Cease-and-desist letters that two Utah lawmakers sent to abortion providers in mid-September sparked controversy and raised questions about the legal basis they used to make their hefty threats. Republican House Reps. Karianne Lisonbee (Davis County) and Kera Birkeland (Daggett, Duchesne, ...
SALT LAKE CITY - Intermountain Healthcare physicians are the first in Utah to perform a new life-saving heart procedure that is designed to be less invasive, safer and have a quicker recovery time. The procedure, recently performed on Utah resident Antonio Gomez, is called a thoracic branch ...
Utah doctors are already starting to see an uptick of respiratory illnesses and are asking people to get vaccinated and take proper precautions so the state can hopefully avoid a “tripledemic.” The triple threat includes a collision of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, ...
New research by University of Utah Health is the first to show that stillbirth risk is passed down genetically through male members of the family. Published last week in BJOG, an international journal of obstetrics and gynecology, the research shows the risk of stillbirth preferentially comes ...
