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Republican Rep. Nicholeen Peck finds it hard to believe Medicaid isn't being used to cover abortion in some way, so she’s proposed a bill to make clinics that offer the procedure ineligible for Medicaid.
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Electroconvulsive therapy has been used to treat mood disorders since the 1930s. But this year, lawmakers and specialists alike want to raise awareness of it.
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Utah has more Google searches for “breast augmentation” and “boob job” than anywhere else in the country. An annual event at Utah Valley University aims to combat societal messages that make women and girls feel bad about their bodies.
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A new study shows religious institutions with ingrained or systemic gender inequality hurt women’s health. But other research finds religious attendance improves health, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. How do we reconcile the two?
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Utah has seen a steady rise in kratom-related addiction and overdoses since 2014. This year, lawmakers are trying to curb the rise before it gets out of hand — including a ban on kratom altogether.
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Utah's transgender youth are going under the microscope again this legislative session. One bill would make changes for gender-affirming care patients grandfathered in under the state ban adopted in 2023. It also seeks to refute recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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A December report from the conservative Sutherland Institute found a deepening disconnect between men and boys and important issues like mental health and feeling connected to their communities.
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Based on a simple Bolognese recipe, we wanted to know if you could do organic on a budget. In the end, that might be a quest that becomes a gateway to gardening.
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Brick Williams says his monthly health insurance will more than double if Affordable Care Act tax credits aren’t extended. Going without insurance isn’t an option because he requires an expensive medication twice a month.
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A proposal from the Cicero Institute suggests using a portion of Utah's opioid settlement funds to invest in the homeless campus. Organizations that work in harm reduction are skeptical and say this is not what that money is intended for.
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Every year seems to be even more tech-dependent than the year before. That can be stressful for parents with young kids.
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Even though the government shutdown is over, the health care subsidies at the heart of it are still in limbo. Now, prices could double for millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Utahns.
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“When we reduce people to ideologies and political positions, we're dehumanizing them,” said Heather Holmgren, a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of Simple Modern Therapy.
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Ohana Beginnings is a Utah-based nonprofit that helps young, single mothers, with an emphasis on helping them become self-sufficient through education.