An NBA player has to be mindful of his health to play his best.Sometimes that means extra stretches, targeted exercise, specialized meal plans.It also means taking care of your mental health.“When we have diabetes, we go get treated. When we tear our ACL, we go get surgery,” current Utah Jazz assistant coach Keyon Dooling wrote in the Players Tribune in 2018. “But if our heart
SALT LAKE CITY Utah s number of COVID-19 cases increased by 327 on Tuesday, with three more deaths and 19,908 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The health department estimates there are now 8,508 active cases of the disease in Utah. The rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 391, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that time period calculated with the people over people method is now 6.2%. The positive test rate per day for that time period calculated with the test over test method is now 3.2%.
There are 137 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 60 in intensive care units, state data shows. About 67% of all intensive care unit beds in Utah are occupied as of Tuesday, including about 69% of ICU beds in the state s 16 referral hospitals. About 48% of non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied in Utah.
Now that Utah has a medical cannabis program (for its rollicking timeline, see
City Weekly s Get on the Canna-bus, published April 22), it should be easy for anyone to sign up and start smoking, right? Wrong. There are plenty more steps and hoops to jump through before you re able to even visit a pharmacy.
As many
City Weekly readers likely know, two of our neighboring states Colorado and Nevada have had recreational cannabis programs running for years (on top of their decades-old medical cannabis systems), almost certainly capturing millions of tax dollars from Utahns and residents of other restrictive nearby states.
Intermountain leading global trial to help sickest COVID-19 patients
Despite the widespread availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, the coronavirus is still around and while it remains, a doctor and researcher at Intermountain Healthcare said researchers must continue to search for cures.
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SALT LAKE CITY â Despite the widespread availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, the coronavirus is still around and while it remains, a doctor and researcher at Intermountain Healthcare said researchers must continue to search for cures.
Right now, Intermountain Healthcare is helping lead a global study to help treat critically ill patients. Dr. Samuel Brown is the principal investigator of the Phase 3 trial called ACTIV-3 Critical Care.
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Mary Beckerle, PhD
The National Academy of Sciences has elected Mary Beckerle, PhD, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) CEO and distinguished professor of biology and oncological sciences at the University of Utah (U of U), as a member. Beckerle is among 120 newly elected members announced in a press release during the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.
Election as a member in this organization is widely accepted as a mark of excellence in scientific achievement and is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. Of its more than 2,400 current members, approximately 190 have received a Nobel Prize, according to the National Academy of Sciences.