UTHealth Stories
From Science Specialist Ed Yeates
Artery Disease: Putting On The Squeeze Believe it or not, heart patients with artery disease are getting
squeezed, not to death, but to life! The bizarre treatment is a
bona fide FDA approved therapy that really works. Go to story...
Tonsillectomies: Out With The Old, In With The New As I watched nurses preparing 6-year-old Connor Bryson for a tonsillectomy at the Davis Surgical
Center, I couldn't help reflect on my own surgery many years ago - when I was about the same age.
Go to story...
Nerve Regeneration A Utah doctor who was paralyzed in a trampoline accident three years ago is recommending the
formation of a comprehensive neuroscience center to explore NEW theories in nerve stimulation and
regeneration. Go to story...
Colon Camera A miniature camera the size of a
pill, which travels through your
digestive system taking
thousands of pictures, is now
being used for the first time on
Utah patients. Go to story...
Virtual Colonoscopy Some patients are choosing to have a colonoscopy the quick and easy way.
The procedure takes only 15 minutes. There's no sedation. And it's
non-invasive.Go to story...
Wound Gel A newly discovered high tech gel speeds up the healing of deep wounds
and may even do it without leaving detectable scars.Go to story...
Knee Juice For Arthritis Instead of surgery, some patients with degenerative arthritis are having doctors inject knee juice directly into their deteriorating knees. Go to story...
