Monthly Archives: December 2015

Pediatric Liver Transplant Program Celebrates 200 Lives Saved and 20 Years

December 30, 2015 by in category Be Inspired

It may be hard to imagine, but if you lived in Utah and your child needed a liver transplant in 1995, you would have had to travel to another state, spending a significant amount of time away from home and family, with a seriously ill child. Thanks to the leadership of Dr. Linda Book, a […]

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Is it the Cold or the Flu?

December 18, 2015 by in category Kids Health

Your child is sent home from school with a sore throat, cough, and high fever — could it be the flu that’s been going around? Or just a common cold? Although the flu (or influenza) usually causes symptoms that make someone feel worse than symptoms associated with a common cold, it’s not always easy to […]

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Play it Safe Outside this Winter

December 15, 2015 by in category Stay Safe

Winter sports can be a great way to make the colder months fly by and keep kids active. When your kids are sledding, skiing or ice-skating, you need to know how to be safe so they don’t get injured and miss all the fun. No matter what winter activity you and your kids are enjoying, […]

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10 Tips for Choosing Safe Toys this Christmas + [Infographic]

December 10, 2015 by in category Stay Safe

My 5-year-old nephew was writing a letter to Santa recently. It went something like this: “Dear Santa, I have been good. How’s Mrs. Santa? How are the elves? Now, can we get to the list?” He then proceeded to write a very long list of toys that he would like to see under the tree […]

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The Air We Breathe: Protecting Your Kids During an Inversion

December 3, 2015 by in category Live Well

by Elizabeth Joy, MD, MPH, Michelle Hofmann, MD, MPH, & Steven Bergstrom   It comes as no surprise to anyone living along Utah’s Wasatch Front that our air quality is compromised for days to weeks come wintertime. Our murky air is referred to as an “inversion” as it is the reverse of a normal air […]

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