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To celebrate Earth Week, Intermountain Healthcare is unveiling the largest landscaping overhaul the Utah-based health system has ever undertaken at its hospitals and clinics that will save an estimated 17.5 million gallons of water annually.

Menstrual cramps are common for women who experience periods. Sometimes, the range of normal discomfort may interfere with daily life, and leave some wondering if or when they should see a provider, or if what they are experiencing is normal.

It might not look like therapy when James Stewart is working with one of his occupational therapy patients. In fact to the outside observer, it probably looks a lot more like playing.

It might be hard to tell from the weather this week, but spring is right around the corner. Many individuals are excite and are getting ready for warmer outdoor activities. But this transition in recreation also brings a new risk of possible injuries which Intermountain Healthcare doctors say are common this time of year.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people, both old and young were faced with serious illness or a medical emergency that required vital decisions about their medical care, and sometimes those decisions couldn't be made by the patient themselves. This has brought more awareness to the need for making an advance directive.

A year after a specialized medical team at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital and University of Utah Health performed the first in-utero fetal surgery – the young patient and her family reunited with her caregivers to celebrate this successful Utah medical milestone.

In a time filled with calamity and chaos, despair and division, it's easy to point out all the things that are going wrong. But what about the many things that are going right?

Intermountain Cedar City Hospital, in conjunction with Intermountain Healthcare's Community Health team, presented a total of $90,000 toward student scholarships to Utah higher education schools Southern Utah University and Southwest Tech.

A new study finds that alcohol consumption does not provide additional heart benefits in cardiology patients already being treated with statins –- the most commonly used drugs to lower cholesterol -- according to Intermountain Healthcare researchers.

Two leading nonprofit healthcare organizations -- Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health -- have completed their merger, creating a model health system that provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to more patients and communities in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Kansas.