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Today is Bike To Work Day, but how many of us grabbed a bicycle helmet before we endeavored on that trek? Intermountain Health provides us with some tips for wearing a bicycle helmet, tips that may help save your life. Last year 15 Utahns lost their lives in bicycle related accidents and 49 experienced serious injuries ...

When you think of drug abuse, understandably medicine like oxycodone or fentanyl come to mind. Another abuse has been occurring lately, and the fault often lies with the prescribing doctor. Overuse of antibiotic prescriptions for patients with upper respiratory illnesses at urgent care clinics in the United States has been an ongoing challenge, but a new study led by researchers at two Utah health

May is Mental Health Awareness month and our psyche's seem to be as fragile as they've ever been. While our mental health has taken a beating the last three years since Covid-19 threw a wrench into our normal lives, Intermountain Health has decided to expand its efforts to address these issues ...

Believe it or not, Utah has had a problem in the past with children getting injured by falling out of windows. The gorgeous spring weather in Utah has many people thinking about opening up the house, getting the air flowing through. But this can be dangerous ...

It's a problem as old as medicine: The lag that comes between research and implementation. Studies are done, numbers are evaluated, improvements are suggested and then, at long last, changes are made. This has been a big concern for the folks at Intermountain Health and they believe a new partnership with the National Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) could lead to an accelerati

Intermountain Healthcare has now officially changed its name to Intermountain Health, reflecting an added emphasis on keeping people healthy, as well as continuing to provide world-class medical care at its hospitals and clinics. Intermountain Health announced the name change in 2022 and that the name would be officially changed in 2023 ...