Utah is in the middle of an opioid epidemic. Opioid use in pregnancy increases the risk for multiple adverse outcomes including maternal death and neonatal abstinence syndrome. However, there are a lot of misconceptions about pregnant women who take opioids, the safety of different kinds of opioids and treatment options available for pregnant women.... Read More
Hynes D, Greenstone L, Mengeling M, Vanneman M (2017). VA Community Care [Podcast]. Washington, D.C.: VA HSR&D. Available:... Read More
The team will use machine-learning data mining algorithms to approach congenital heart disease as a family disease to look at causes, as well as the impact of maternal-fetal environment on health. The research is led by Martin Tristani-Firouzi, M.D., at the University of Utah.... Read More
Select...Presenter(s): Denise Hynes, PhD, RN (moderator); Megan Vanneman, PhD; Leo Greenstone, MD; Michelle Mengeling, PhD... Read More
This archive includes all plenary sessions, selected workshops, paper sessions, and panels that were held during the 2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference.... Read More
Presenter(s): Denise Hynes, PhD, RN (moderator); Megan Vanneman, PhD; Leo Greenstone, MD; Michelle Mengeling, PhD... Read More
Megan Vanneman, PhD, with HSR&D's IDEAS 2.0 Center of Innovation talks about the Veterans Choice Act, including how the Choice Act affects Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare, and whether the evidence base indicates success in implementation.... Read More
(KUTV) — It's Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and we had Dr. Michael Walker, a gastroenterologist at the University of Utah Health Center in studio to help debunk myths about colonoscopies.... Read More
When Lehi resident Steve Bailey got his handicap parking tag several years ago, its permanent status and January 2017 expiration date made his family chuckle. It was a date they weren’t quite sure Steve, who has the genetic disease alpha- 1 antitrypsin deficiency and was in need of a double lung transplant, would make it to.... Read More
Canyon River Orion Hansen was born a special baby. Of course, all babies are special to their parents. And some babies, like Canyon, are born with a cleft palette, which affects their breathing and swallowing. However, Breana Woodruff, Canyon’s mom, who had spent night after night awake in fear of her newborn son’s weight dropping and airways closing, suspected there was more to it.... Read More
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Patients with higher visit-to-visit variability in blood pressure have an elevated incident stroke risk, regardless of how aggressively they are treated with antihypertensives, an analysis of the SPRINT trial shows.... Read More
A new study suggests that feeding your baby peanut-type food, like peanut butter mixed with water, at only 4-6 months old is likely to prevent them from developing a peanut allergy later in life.... Read More
After Jameson Harper dedicated four years of his life to rowing in the hopes of qualifying for the United States Men’s Rowing Team and didn’t, he relocated from New Jersey to Park City, Utah. Not making the team turned out to be a blessing in disguise as he took up rock climbing, skiing, trail running and other outdoor activities he missed because of training and living on the east coast.... Read More
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