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Why more people than ever before are running marathons
Issy Ronald, CNN | Posted April 28 - 12:31 p.m. | Save Story
Many are starting to run marathons through using running to control their physical and mental health, set themselves goals or try a new challenge.
Poll: Utah residents weigh in on fluoride ban
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted April 28 - 7:48 a.m. | Save Story
Do Utahns want fluoride in their drinking water? A new poll underscores the contentious nature of what played out during this last legislative session amid intense hearings.
Sisters take extreme measure to avoid painful disease
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted April 27 - 5:05 p.m. | Save Story
Two Utah sisters have each had their entire stomach removed as a preventive measure to spare painful, cancer-filled future death.
SLC's 'Speedy Spud' runs half marathon in potato outfit to showcase love for potatoes
Arianne Brown, KSL | Posted April 26 - 5:02 p.m. | Save Story
Ainsley Chapman ran the SLC Half Marathon in a potato outfit to showcase her love for potatoes.
Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak
Elias Biryabarema, Reuters | Posted April 26 - 11:15 a.m. | Save Story
Uganda on Saturday declared an end to the country's latest outbreak of ebola, three months after authorities confirmed cases of the highly infectious and often fatal viral hemorrhagic infection in the capital Kampala.
Utah's new holiday to help folks combat loneliness is on Saturday
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted April 25 - 10:02 p.m. | Save Story
The Utah Legislature created Utah Social and Community Health Day, the last Saturday in April, to nudge people to mind their relationships and to counter the growing problem of loneliness, a challenge that has seeped through communities across the country.
Bear attack survivor laughs, speaks out after completing jaw reconstruction treatment
Gabriela Fletcher, KSL | Posted April 25 - 7:12 p.m. | Save Story
Nearly two years after his groundbreaking "jaw in a day" surgery, bear attack survivor Rudy Noorland is celebrating his recovery and thanking his Utah hospital care team.
Ozempic copies restricted after US judge denies injunction
Patrick Wingrove and Dan Levine, Reuters | Posted April 25 - 7:40 a.m. | Save Story
A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a bid by compounding pharmacies to keep making copies of Novo Nordisk's popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy while a legal challenge over drug shortages unfolds, court records show.
Utah couple shares journey navigating a terminal dementia diagnosis
Emma Benson, KSL | Posted April 24 - 9:38 p.m. | Save Story
Jack and Debbie Lucas know firsthand how conditions like dementia can take a toll on an entire family.
US Justice Department directs investigations over gender-related care
Dan Levine and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters | Posted April 23 - 4:15 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed prosecutors to investigate certain gender-related surgical procedures, which she characterized as "female genital mutilation" in a Department of Justice memo.
What a baseball swing can teach first responders about mental health
Alex Cabrero, KSL | Posted April 23 - 11:23 a.m. | Save Story
It's often said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports. But this wasn't about hitting home runs. It was about focus and learning how to manage the mental strain that comes with high-stress jobs such as firefighting and law enforcement.
FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
Leah Douglas, Reuters | Posted April 22 - 6:36 p.m. | Save Story
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
Trump looking at cutting US drug prices to international levels, sources say
Patrick Wingrove, Reuters | Updated April 22 - 12:34 p.m. | Save Story
Drugmakers have been warned that the Trump Administration is considering linking U.S. medicine prices to lower amounts paid by other developed countries, according to two company sources who called the option the pharmaceutical industry's top concern.
Nearly half of teens say social media is bad for youth mental health, report finds
Clare Duffy, CNN | Updated April 22 - 11:42 a.m. | Save Story
Nearly half of U.S. teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age — and almost the same proportion say they're cutting back on social media use.
UVU students providing free dental care to Orem elementary children
Cassidy Wixom, KSL | Posted April 21 - 9:15 a.m. | Save Story
For the past three years, juniors and seniors in the UVU dental program have been conducting a mobile clinic for students at Westmore Elementary School.
US Supreme Court to hear clash over Obamacare preventive care
John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Reuters | Posted April 21 - 7:46 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to consider the legality of a provision of the Obamacare law, formally called the Affordable Care Act, that helps ensure that health insurers cover preventive medical care such as cancer screenings at no cost to patients.
Autism rate continues to rise, CDC says, pointing to greater awareness and better screening
Deidre McPhillips, CNN | Posted April 21 - 7:28 a.m. | Save Story
A new study from the CDC shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among U.S. children, which experts have largely attributed to better understanding of and screening for the condition.
Pollen counter at Riverton Hospital can help guide treatment, actions for allergy patients
Emily Ashcraft, KSL | Posted April 20 - 12:16 p.m. | Save Story
A Burkard Pollen and Spore collector was installed on the roof at Riverton Hospital, allowing Dr. Scott Taylor to know which pollens are in the air multiple times a week.
Utah's higher education reinvestment could help address mental health shortage, Schultz says
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL | Posted April 20 - 10:14 a.m. | Save Story
The reinvestment of higher education funds in Utah could help the state address its pressing need for more mental health professionals, according to Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz.
