University of Utah researchers identified a new potential pain management medication that has implications for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain due to injury to the nerves, spinal cord or...
Type 2 diabetes patients may do better controlling their blood sugar levels when they receive follow-up primary care from a team of providers led by a clinical pharmacist. Further, a...
The study provides evidence that epinephrine does not degrade after freezing and thawing, the researchers report. This information is beneficial to those who recreate in the backcountry and have the...
Government regulators monitor it. Insurers have strong opinions about it. Consumers need information about it to guide their medical decisions. But what is quality health care?
A dying beast? Fated for extinction? Dead on arrival? The recent musings of industry analysts about the future of academic medical centers (AMCs) inspire more panic than confidence these days...
Pathogens have evolved multiple means to evade and shut down host immunity. A new study identifies a variety of ways, including amino acid changes on protein surfaces, by which these...
Along with its many other harmful effects, smoking cigarettes appears to adversely affect the outcomes and total costs of patients who undergo surgery for spinal disease.
Upon viral invasion, the body launches its defenses in an effort to fight the infection. When a protein called PKR binds double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) made by viruses, the act signals...
In a multi-institution study published in the Journal Clinical of Immunology, University of Utah researchers and colleagues have extended the spectrum of diseases caused by mutations in the RAG1 gene...
The connection between cigarette smoking and various cancers long has been established, but whether the habit is a risk for multiple myeloma has been an open question. A new study...
Cynthia Furse’s teenage daughter was skilled in math and science and had voiced an interest in engineering. But based on a career aptitude test that showed she liked helping people...
There have been more medical advances since World War II than in all of history – achievements driven by basic research at academic medical centers, which must rise again to...
Animated, criss-crossing the auditorium and filling the room with praise, Michael Porter, Ph.D., seemed more like a coach pumping up his team before the big game, than a Harvard Business...