Monthly Archives: September 2014

Patient Engagement: The Medically Engaged Teenager

September 30, 2014 by in category Live Well

As parents, we encourage our teens to take on more personal responsibilities, including strong patient engagement in their own healthcare. This is just as important for those with medical issues as it is for otherwise healthy teenagers. During adolescence, children undergo emotional and physical changes at a time when they are dealing with increased life […]

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Youth Suicide Prevention: Help Save a Life

September 10, 2014 by in category Kids Health

  Youth suicide has unfortunately become a pressing matter in the past few years. With the increased stresses that youth face, some consider suicide because they simply do not know how to ease their pain. In fact, according to the International Association for Suicide Prevention, “Every year, over 800,000 people die from suicide; this roughly […]

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Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) and Utah: What You Need to Know

September 9, 2014 by in category Kids Health

The Centers for Disease Control have reported increased numbers of children being seen for respiratory illnesses that are requiring hospitalizations and some stays in the intensive care unit in ten states. They have identified Enterovirus D68 (or EV-D68) as the likely source of many of these illnesses. In the past two weeks, Primary Children’s has […]

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