2+ week, 22+ hour ago (1044+ words) A Virginia woman says she walked into a local hospital for help with a collapsed breast implant, but ended up undergoing a surgery she claims was unnecessary and has been life-altering. In her $25 million lawsuit, she also claims the surgeon who performed the operation should never have been allowed to perform breast reconstruction. When Mandy Moore walked into the Richmond Breast Center on July 17, 2023, she says she only wanted one thing. "I had told them I just wanted my implants removed, I wasn't 20 anymore, I had enough breast tissue," Moore said. A mammogram showed one implant had collapsed, but Moore says when she arrived, she received shocking news from a nurse practitioner at the center. According to her lawsuit, Moore alleges she was told that the breast surgeon in the practice, Dr. Sasa Grae Espino, had reviewed her records and…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago (345+ words) Vinay Prasad, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, reportedly authored a memo stating the agency has identified 10 pediatric deaths from 2021-24 directly linked to COVID-19 vaccines. The memo, obtained by The Washington Post, has not been independently confirmed by Scripps News. It is unclear how the FDA determined the vaccines caused the deaths. During an interview with Fox News on Saturday, FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary suggested the memo could lead to changes in the approval process for COVID-19, flu and other vaccines. "We're not just going to rubber-stamp new products that don't work, that fail in a clinical trial," Makary told Fox News. "It makes a mockery of science if we're just going to rubber-stamp things with no data." The memo also suggested changes to the annual flu vaccine framework, criticizing "low-quality evidence, poor…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago (469+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " There are thousands of Utahns who will be celebrating with family and friends this week thanks to overdose reversal medications like naloxone and Narcan " and hundreds of them saved by Utah police officers who had the medication. But that wasn't always the case. A little more than a decade ago, we first told FOX 13 News viewers how an emergency room doctor and a police chief joined forces to ensure officers were armed with Naloxone. It's been saving lives ever since. It happened to Diana Duke more than a decade ago " the night she overdosed on prescription pain medication at her mom's house. "She said she was trying to wake me up and I wasn't waking up and my lips were, that I wasn't breathing, that I wasn't anything," she recalled. Paramedics using Narcan revived her and saved…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) KANAB, Utah " A great-horned owl that fell into a concrete mixer is now on the road to recovery in southern Utah after the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary took it in. According to the organization, the owl came in with dried concrete covering 25% of its body. In its 40-year history, the group says this was the first time they had seen a case like this. "We reached out to other wildlife rehabilitators and they had never heard of an owl falling into concrete before, either," Bart Richwalski, Best Friends Animal Society's Wild Friends supervisor, said. "After doing some research, our team quickly came up with a plan to help the owl in the least invasive way possible." The plan included a 20-minute daily bath for the owl while it was under anesthesia. Following a series of concrete removals to the owl's…...

6+ day, 50+ min ago (464+ words) TOQUERVILLE, Utah " The current horse virus outbreak affecting the southwest U.S. couldn't have come at a worse time for those who ride, care, and love the animals in Utah. "The cowboys and the stock contractors worked their entire year to get their animals and their qualification for the [National Finals Rodeo]. They can make more money at the NFR than they do the rest of the year combined," said Cyndi Gilbert, co-owner of the Diamond G Ranch in Toquerville. Gilbert's concern is the two-week junior and pro National Finals Rodeo starting on Dec. 4, considered to be the Super Bowl of the rodeo circuit. The Cedar City native is still the only woman to have won three gold buckles on the pro rodeo circuit in one year. Her ranch now produces many of the top bucking horses and bulls. "I would be…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (468+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Students who attend the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, along with their parents, are breathing a sigh of relief. This comes after a legislative audit recommended some changes to the school's governance and management, but no major funding cuts. Fewer than 2,000 students attend Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. But on Tuesday, inside the Utah state capital, dozens of them and their relatives made sure lawmakers heard them loud and clear" in sign language. "We were signing the 'I love you sign,'" Sandra Zavala explained. "Definitely I feel like USDB is not just a school, per se. I feel like it's more like a large family." Zavala drove from Ogden with her 7-year-old daughter Rosalie, who is deaf and attends USDB. Zavala and others were fearful that programs might be cut that…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (221+ words) The Trump administration is negotiating deals with two major drug companies that could slash prices on popular weight-loss medications. Sources tell ABC News that Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are in talks to offer their drugs for about $149 a month and have them covered for some Medicare patients. That would mark a significant drop from current prices as a growing concern regarding rising health care costs is the increased use of expensive weight loss medications. A growing number of patients are utilizing glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) drugs. While these medications have long been covered for treating diabetes, they typically haven't been covered for weight-loss purposes. These drugs can cost over $1,000 per monthly dose. RELATED STORY |Cost of health benefits expected to rise over 5% for 3rd year in a row, report says Novo Nordisk makes Wegovy, and Eli Lilly produces Zepbound " two of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (285+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Utahns who are self-employed and those without employee healthcare benefits are facing dramatically higher health insurance costs as congressional gridlock prevents lawmakers from addressing the crisis. Rep. Mike Kennedy (R) represents Utah's 3rd Congressional District and follows the party line, claiming Democrats are responsible for the impasse, saying the government shutdown prevents Congress from getting anything done, including addressing the expiration of enhanced premium benefits on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. "I was intent. We were intent on having those conversations, and the government has been shut down," Kennedy said. "We can't have conversations and committees in regular order when the government is not functioning." Kennedy's point of view contrasts with his Democratic colleagues, who are demanding an extension of the health benefits before freeing up government funding. Why your health care monthly premium is going up & what you…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (308+ words) Officials have confirmed 5 cases of Measles in Wasatch County from Wasatch High School students Saturday. Two more cases are still being evaluated. Officials have confirmed 5 cases of Measles in Wasatch County from Wasatch High School students Saturday Two more cases are still being evaluated.Officials have also confirmed that one or more of these students did attend school or school activities while infectious during school hours on November 14, 17 and 18 and a school play on Saturday on November 15.We did have a wastewater test indicate the presence of measles in the community on November 6, and with cases existing in other parts of the state, we weren't surprised to see cases here," said health department director Jonelle Fitzgerald The cases we have confirmed at the high school are not connected to each other, and because of that, we suspect that other cases…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago (316+ words) Utah mom Lisa Tecklenburg was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was only 35 years old. Because of her diagnosis, she embarked on a fertility journey that allowed her to start a family after completing her treatment. Today Lisa has a two-and-a-half year-old daughter. Not only that, Lisa also competed in an Ironman after her treatment. Lisa now volunteers for the American Cancer Society, and shares her story to raise awareness about breast cancer and the importance of early detection and prevention. In Utah, it is estimated that 2,290 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2025. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the US, after skin cancer. 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime in the US. Regular screening can catch cancer early, when it may be easier to treat. American Cancer Society…...