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OCD in the spotlight during October awareness period

If you pay close attention to the tidiness and order of your home, and you tell yourself, “Oh, I’m so OCD,” that’s not necessarily true obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical OCD is a complex, debilitating mental health condition that overwhelms the lives of sufferers, affecting their ...

Utah health officials promote rituals as mental health aid

If you brush your teeth every day, have a cup of coffee each morning or shut off your phone before you go to sleep, you may not realize it, but you’re practicing a ritual. Rituals are a common part of our daily lives and can help us relax, reduce stress and anxiety, and focus. They become a ...

Utah man gets prison time for selling 120,000 fake COVID-19 vaccine cards

A Utah man was sentenced to prison on Thursday for selling thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. A federal judge sentenced 34-year-old Nicholas Frank Sciotto to 12 months for selling at least 120,000 counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards after he admitted in July to conspiring ...

U of U Health partnering in multistate effort to thwart childhood obesity

Researchers at University of Utah Health will lead a six-state research initiative to prevent childhood obesity after receiving $5 million in federal funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Mountain West Prevention Research Center, based at U of U Health, will ...