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Doctors at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital are seeing several young patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C – a severe complication from COVID-19.

Intermountain Healthcare, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Heart Association is sending a message to parents to limit the sugary drinks their kids are consuming.

Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital has been seeing serious sledding injuries, some of which have required specialized intensive care, at twice the rate of last winter.

The most common cause of injury visits to the emergency room for seniors is falls, according to experts at Intermountain Healthcare. Experts say as an individual ages, the risk of falls increases.

The loss of taste and smell is a common symptom of illnesses such as cancer or the flu and is now well known as a symptom of COVID-19. When taste and smell is altered, it can be difficult to continue eating adequately for health and healing.

Doug Hammer, senior vice president and general counsel, and a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), will retire March 19, 2021, after nearly 44 years with Intermountain Healthcare.

Vitamin D plays a role in boosting immunity. Yet an Intermountain Healthcare study found many Utah adults have low vitamin D levels, Intermountain registered dietitian nutritionist Katie McDonald said.

"Yoga is the yoking of the mind and body," said Chanda Vaniman, exercise physiologist and certified yoga instructor at the St. George Intermountain LiVe Well Center. "Anytime we are feeling stressed, it is beneficial to take a moment to connect and listen to our bodies. Using the movement of yoga is a great way to use your mind to check-in with your body."

If the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has proven anything, it is a better understanding of how the air breathe can affect overage health. Medical experts know that individual's lungs can be vulnerable and that effort must be made to keep them healthy.

Intermountain Healthcare and Empiric Health, a fast-growing innovator in the AI-driven clinical analytics industry, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent 20160259916 entitled "Systems and Methods for Improved Healthcare Cohort Reporting."