Health

Students at Bountiful school come down with pertussis

Monday, May 13th, 2013, 9:21pm

DAVIS COUNTY, Utah — The Davis County Health Department has said there are three confirmed cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, among students at the school.

Parents with students at Viewmont High School received notice of the pertussis cases Monday after a letter was sent to them. The letter assured parents that actions are being taken to prevent additional cases, and said vaccinations are the best way to prevent pertussis.

In addition to the three confirmed cases, there are also two possible cases and one probable case of the disease at the school. Officials have asked parents to watch for whooping cough symptoms in the children, which include sneezing, a runny nose, coughing and a low fever.

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Take the long way to help maintain a healthy heart

Submitted by Fox13Now Web Staff

Friday, April 19th, 2013, 8:51am

Most people try and find the shortest way to get from Point A to Point B. Not these school principals.

Even 30 minutes of daily exercise is beneficial, according to the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

Read more about what they do to get a little more exercise throughout the day: http://intermountainhealthcare.org/blogs/Pages/Principals-share-their-favorite-way-to-exercise.aspx

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Intermountain Healthcare pays $25.5M to end investigation

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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, 11:50am

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s largest health system self-disclosed violations of federal health care laws and agreed to pay the United States $25.5 million to settle its claims, according to a statement from the United States Department of Justice.

“These issues were primarily technical in nature and involved things such as lack of proper paperwork involving leases of physician offices and service agreements,” said a statement on Intermountain Healthcare’s website.

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Utah physicians oppose refinery expansion

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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013, 8:15pm

WOODS CROSS, Utah — Activists don’t think the Holly Frontier Oil Refinery’s pledge to cut its carbon footprint is sincere. In fact, they call it misleading, and say if their permit to expand is approved, they’ll sue.

The Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment is firing back, saying the refinery’s efforts to cut emissions is because they were legally required to, by the EPA. Holly Frontier say while that may be true, they still claim they can expand the refinery without adding pollution. Another environmental group is also chiming in, saying Holly should just leave the Wasatch Front.

“They are skewing the data,” says Dr. Brian Moench with Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment.

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Holly refinery working to reduce emissions

Submitted by Fox13Now Web Staff

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013, 7:14pm

WEST BOUNTIFUL, Utah – Environmental groups blame big industries like oil refineries for the State’s bad air, but refineries say it’s only providing what the public demands: gas to fuel their cars.

Holly Frontier Oil Refinery gave Fox 13 a tour of one of its facilities on Tuesday and while activists want them out of the Wasatch Front, Holly only plans to get bigger.

“We’ve met with activist groups and given them information and they’ve basically indicated that they’ve, they receive the information and they don’t believe it,” says Michael Astin, the environmental manager for Holly Frontier.

He says oil refineries have long been questioned about their practices.

“I think the biggest problem there is the stigma just the idea of that we’re an oil company. Oil companies are viewed as having emissions that are toxic and bad,” says Astin.

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Girls’ running program expands to Utah, Davis and Summit Counties

Submitted by David Wells, Senior Web Producer

Friday, March 1st, 2013, 1:43pm

According to statistics, only 11 percent of young girls get the recommended hour a day of recommended physical activity -- compared with 42 percent of boys.

Girls on the Run (GOTR), a non-profit organization, wants to change those statistics. They understand that exercise not only increases the health of our girls, but builds their self-esteem and confidence as well.

GOTR has had great success with its after-school program that is designed to promote physical, emotional and social development in 3rd – 5th grade girls through running and mentoring. The program provides team coaches and individual ‘running buddies’ to more than 800 girls in Salt Lake County as they train over 12 weeks for the annual 5k at Sugar House Park each spring and fall.

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Local hospitals focus on cardiac care

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Saturday, February 16th, 2013, 11:09pm

BOUNTIFUL, Utah — Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and Mountain Star Hospitals are putting a huge emphasis on heart care.

When it comes to heart attacks, Cydney Vandyke and the employees at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful have a saying: “Time is muscle.”

Bill Swiler said speedy treatment is imperative when someone suffers a heart attack.

“’A heart attack is a blockage of blood supply to the heart, which is muscle, and the sooner we can get that blood supply reopened and get blood back to the heart the more muscle we can save and the more heart tissue we can save,” he said.

Lake View, along with four other Mountain Star hospitals, have become the first accredited chest pain centers in Utah, which means that all employees are certified to take care of chest pain and cardiac related illnesses.

Vandyke said this means they can give patients better care faster.

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