OGDEN — People born around 1990 have twice the risk of colon cancer and four times the risk of rectal cancer as those born around 1958. The American College of Gastroenterology stated the alarming trend of younger and younger people being diagnosed with the diseases. “Young people are ...
Intermountain Health has opened a new clinic designed to help Spanish-speaking kidney transplant patients. The first of its kind in the Intermountain West, Clinicia Hispana de Riñon, located at Intermountain Medical in Murray, will offer comprehensive care where patients will be treated by ...
Hoping it will streamline the implementation of Utah’s 2020 trigger abortion ban should the Utah Supreme Court uphold it, lawmakers are advancing a bill to repeal portions of last year’s legislation that bans abortion clinics. The Utah House last week approved HB560 on a 59-10 vote, ...
There are more than 100 operational public safety K-9s working throughout the state of Utah and sometimes they are injured in the line of duty. Now, instead of transporting them by car, any dogs needing urgent care can now be taken to the nearest specialized animal hospital via Intermountain ...
With several concerned Medicaid advocates sitting behind him in the committee hearing’s audience, Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Pleasant Grove, acknowledged HB463 can be “a bit of a scary bill.” “That’s because it’s meant to be a scary bill in the event of scary circumstances,” Brammer ...
OGDEN — Every year, 436,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest. More than 350,000 occur outside of the hospital, with 85% of those occurring at home. That’s why it’s so important to learn how to perform CPR, say experts at Intermountain Health and the Ogden Fire Department. CPR can ...
