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U of U Is One of Five Network Centers in NIH Clinical Trial to Test Blood Pressure Strategy

The University of Utah is one of five centers chosen to lead a $114 million National Institutes of Health randomized clinical trial to determine whether maintaining blood pressure levels lower than current recommendations further reduces the risk of cardiovascular and kidney diseases or age-related cognitive decline.

Grievers Invited To Gather Tips For Managing The Holiday Season

Caring Connections to Host Annual Grief and the Holidays Event

From Brain Diagrams to Skin Seals, Researchers Plan Far-Reaching Projects with Economic Stimulus Grants

University of Utah medical scientists have won more than $7.9 million in federal economic stimulus Challenge Grants for nine research projects -- from the immensely complex task of diagramming genetic connections in the brain to developing a skin seal to prevent infection with artificial limb attachments.

Macular Degeneration, Other Blood Vessel Diseases May be Treatable with Pills

An international research group led by a University of Utah cardiologist has shown that people with diseases caused by leaky blood vessels, such as age-related macular (AMD) degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, might one day be able to take a pill to treat those devastating conditions.