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Pink ribbons, pink shirts and "think pink" slogans serving as a reminder to the world of National Breast Cancer Awareness month in an effort to raise awareness about a disease has the potential to impact both women – and men.

Stretching is an important part of health and according to Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute exercise specialist Jeffery Beck using a resistance band can help add tension to deepen stretches and increase flexibility.

Thanks to a $7.5 million gift from the Jerry A. and Kathleen A. Grundhofer Family Foundation, Intermountain Park City Hospital will expand wellness services and preventive medicine to Park City area residents and underserved populations.

Intermountain Heber Valley Hospital administrator Si Hutt has received the 2021 leadership award from the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Office for Primary Care and Rural Health for his leadership and the hospital's success during challenging times.

Losing a baby late in pregnancy can be devastating. Understanding why fetal demise sometimes occurs is a complex topic that continues to be studied. Dr. Jessica Page, a maternal fetal medicine specialist with Intermountain Medical Group who cares for patients with high risk pregnancies and has studied stillbirths, works with parents to help understand what is and isn't known about stillbirths.

Paul Krakovitz, MD, has been named as the first president for Intermountain Healthcare Nevada. He began in the role as interim earlier in 2021.

Another step towards sustainability was taken by Intermountain Healthcare recently when the healthcare organization joined a utility-scale solar project near Huntington, Utah, that will supply 20 percent of the health system's total electricity needs.

The groundbreaking HerediGene: Children's Study – the world's largest DNA mapping effort ever to be undertaken in kids – is now offering additional collection methods for children to participate at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, including a new simple cheek swab.

Tellica Imaging will provide high-quality, convenient, low-cost MRI and CT scan services with first three centers opening in 2021 with more locations being planned.

For many kids, ringing bells mean the start of school. For 7-year-old Kadee Lott, it also meant the start of new life — without cancer treatments.