Many older adults start cannabis seeking more effective or non-pharmaceutical options to manage sleep, pain, or mental health, often basing their decisions on word of mouth rather than discussions with...
New research in the Wasatch Front found that when air pollution was higher than the EPA daily limit in the week before surgery, the risk of post-surgical complications increased.
When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can program to destroy harmful cells while leaving healthy ones untouched.
When Bill the ten-foot-long Siamese crocodile started showing health changes, medical imaging experts and animal care specialists joined forces to get him through a CT scanner.
Nearly half of the world’s population is at risk from malaria, with 282 million cases worldwide in 2025. Malaria had been eradicated from the United States during the 1950s but...
Just 10 minutes outdoors can improve mental health. Discover how time in nature supports well-being and why expanding access to green space matters for communities—including our campus community.
Wes Sundquist no pretendía convertirse en una de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo según la revista TIME. No aspiraba al premio Breakthrough of the Year de la revista...
A new collaboration between 22 Jumps and U of U Health’s Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion Center is strengthening research for veterans and first responders.
Too many women enter menopause unprepared and unsupported. Learn how researchers are reshaping care to replace stigma with understanding and isolation with connection.
Extreme heat hits hardest for those without shelter. Jeff Rose, PhD, is leading research that highlights the health impact and why addressing homelessness starts with treating housing as health care.
A combination of hot temperature and high air pollution is associated with increased risk of suicide in the following days, although it's unknown whether environmental changes directly cause increased risk.
Women have long been underrepresented in research. Learn how targeted interventions and community collaboration are improving postpartum care and preventing diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic conditions.
UT StrokeNet connects hospitals and researchers across the Mountain West to ensure that patients in rural and remote areas have access to cutting-edge stroke care.
Researchers in the College of Engineering and the College of Health are developing wearable robotics that help stroke patients make great strides toward recovery.
What happens when health care meets people where they are? Nurse researchers are connecting life circumstances with clinical care to improve patient outcomes.
Each stored sample represents someone who said yes to research. A $21.6 million grant is propelling a decade of work to understand how treating blood pressure could prevent dementia.
As part of a multinational clinical trial, researchers and clinicians at U of U Health brought gold-standard medical stroke prevention care to patients, while showing that adding another treatment option...
A new analysis examines what the real-world impact of a hypertension alert feature might look like if deployed broadly across the U.S. adult population.
The two-year-old's medical care was transformed by research that connected her epilepsy to heart conditions—catching a two-minute pause in her heartbeat and leading to a lifesaving pacemaker surgery.
The symposium brings together scientists and clinicians whose specialties span from bench to bedside, with the shared goal of helping hearts heal and recover in the wake of heart failure.
An unorthodox treatment called red light therapy, which shines powerful near-infrared light at the brain through the skull, may be able to prevent or reduce damage caused by repeated head...
