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Intermountain Health has contributed approximately $3.5 million to homeless and housing advocacy groups in Nevada, Colorado, Montana, and Utah. Intermountain has made it a priority to help unhoused communities and families, as the lack of adequate housing can be connected to poorer health outcomes ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn't been impacted by this dreadful disease. Marianne Hamilton, St. George resident and former Miss Sr. Universe, is a breast cancer survivor and she's pledged to help anyone who has apprehension about getting screened for breast cancer to help all she can ...

All 21 Intermountain Health hospitals in Utah with labor and delivery departments have received a five-star rating for being breastfeeding-friendly facilities from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services by completing all 10 steps of the department’s ‘Stepping Up for Utah Babies’ program.  The state heal ...

If you've ever spent any time around someone who has had preemie babies, you know they are a special lot. After all, trusting medical professionals in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as they keep your precious baby alive can be incredibly stressful ...

Surgeons at Intermountain Health are the first in Utah to offer a new less-invasive procedure to help treat patients who are experiencing achalasia, a disorder of the esophagus that makes it difficult to swallow food and beverages. Traditional treatment options for achalasia have included medication, pneumatic dilation, Botox injections and surgery. Surgery has g ...

Natalie Ashby, who currently serves as nurse administrator at Intermountain Health St. George Regional Hospital, has been selected from an outstanding pool of candidates as the new president (formerly titled administrator) of St. George Regional Hospital, and president of the Southwest Utah Market of Intermountain Desert Region...

Mitch Cloward is moving on up. Intermountain Health today officially announced Cloward as the new Desert Region president overseeing all operations for the healthcare system’s Southern Nevada and Southwest Utah markets. Cloward brings 20 years of Intermountain leadership experience to this position. His ...

Emergency rooms nationwide have many things in common. Of course, they are the front line in trying to save people's lives. But they also see a lot of chronic or common illnesses, things like acute respiratory distress (ARDS), pneumonia, and sepsis (blood infection). Th ...

Chances are, you went to prom while in high school. Junior or Senior, it was an opportunity to get dressed up, eat a fancy dinner, do a little dancing and then maybe a little romancing. Heck, some of you even married that person you went to prom with...

Intermountain Health is hoping a new planned facility will give residents of Desert Color and SunRiver some peace of mind. Intermountain Health’s St. George Regional Hospital announced construction will begin at Desert Color later this year for emergency services. The ...