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The Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray has been named as one of the nation's top 50 heart hospitals for providing excellent cardiovascular care for 2022 by Fortune Magazine and IBM Watson Health.

A unique sports science collaboration between U.S. Ski & Snowboard and Intermountain Healthcare has led to new techniques aimed at giving athletes every possible competitive advantage as they head to the Winter Olympics Games.

The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped endocrine gland that is normally located in the lower front of the neck. The thyroid's job is to make thyroid hormones, which are secreted into the blood and then carried to every tissue in the body. Although less common than some other cancers, in the United States it is estimated that in 2021 approximately 44,280 new patients will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Ed Castledine, chief executive officer (CEO) of Saltzer Health, has been named market president of SelectHealth in Idaho. He will start in his new role in February of this year, assuming responsibilities of Jerry Edgington, SelectHealth VP and General Manager, Idaho, who has announced his plans to retire in April.

In this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, Intermountain Healthcare has made a contribution to Fourth Street Clinic, a community health center providing high-quality healthcare and support services to Utah's homeless community.

While COVID-19 is the dominant virus making people sick, there are several other viruses pediatricians and Primary Children's Hospital caregivers are seeing high numbers – particularly, babies with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV.

Thyroid disorders are as common in women as breast cancer, but because many people aren't familiar with the thyroid, and since the symptoms of hypothyroidism are common, subtle and may be attributed to aging, many women don't know they have the condition. But left untreated, it can be serious and lead to other health problems.

Pregnant women may wonder where or how to deliver their baby, as well as what method of delivery – either vaginally or via Cesarean section.

As a new year begins, many people think about setting healthy goals. Parents can also help their children, and each can learn a lot from the other by setting goals together. Pediatricians say there are many benefits of goal setting.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 34,800 women and men are diagnosed with a cancer caused by the Human Papillomavrius (HPV) in the United States every year. Although cervical cancer is the most well-known of the cancers caused by HPV, there other types of HPV cancer, including: