Atrial Fibrillation Patients Are at Increased Risk of Dementia, Regardless of Anticoagulation Use, New Study Finds

Atrial fibrillation patients are at higher risk of developing all forms of dementia compared to patients without atrial fibrillation, according to new study.

“We are initiating a series of new studies that are aimed to understand what treatments may reduce the risk of developing dementia in atrial fibrillation patients.”

— Jared Bunch, MD, Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

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Utah director of management and budget to receive national award

Kristen Cox to be honored as 2016 Public Official of the Year

SALT LAKE CITY (November 30, 2016) – Kristen Cox, executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, will be honored Wednesday night with the prestigious 2016 Public Official of the Year award in Washington, D.C.

GLSEN Statement on Betsy DeVos’s Nomination as U.S. Secretary of Education

Gov. Herbert statement on the death of Trooper Eric Ellsworth

SALT LAKE CITY (Nov. 23, 2016) – Gov. Gary R. Herbert issued the following statement following the death of Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Ellsworth who was killed in the line of duty on Friday, Nov. 18:

Nov. 23, 2016

Good morning from Washington, D.C. Planning to spend this Thanksgiving with family? Beverly Hallberg has some tips for you on how to talk effectively, not just emotionally, about politics with your loved ones. One topic that might come up is Donald Trump's announcement he doesn't plan to prosecute Hillary Clinton. Fred Lucas has details. Plus: Melissa Quinn on an Ohio small business concerned about President Obama's new overtime rule, and Leah Jessen on the new fad of "sanctuary campuses."

Hatch: President Obama’s Commutations of Drug and Firearm Sentences Pose Real Risks

SALT LAKE CITY—Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the senior member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement upon news that President Obama has given over 1,000 clemency grants to federal inmates, including two announced yesterday from Utah:

Utah's First- I Support the Girls Bra & Feminine Hygiene Drive for Homeless and Refugee Women in Need This Holiday Season 

Meditation comes in a wave of ways and forms – from practicing yoga to finding inner peace, all the way to drumming!?

With tips and secrets to achieving meditation through drumming, enter Zorina Wolf.