http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Daily health, medical and fitness news for Salt Lake City and Utah - Deseret News en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:01 MDT Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:40:38 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581811/Poverty-committee-begins-trek-for-solutions.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581811/Poverty-committee-begins-trek-for-solutions.html An advisory committee held its first meeting Monday to discuss focus group, education, and social training as some of their... ]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:05:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632292/Plane-with-man-who-made-poison-threat-lands-in-NJ.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632292/Plane-with-man-who-made-poison-threat-lands-in-NJ.html A flight from Hong Kong on which a man claimed everyone was poisoned has arrived safely in New Jersey and the man taken off... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:12:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632283/Better-than-bulgur-Quinoa-takes-turn-in-tabbouleh.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632283/Better-than-bulgur-Quinoa-takes-turn-in-tabbouleh.html Though everyone seems to have a different way of spelling tabbouleh — toubouleh? tabouli? — more and more people... ]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:37:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581721/Push-for-solutions-underway-to-Utahs-suicide-problem.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581721/Push-for-solutions-underway-to-Utahs-suicide-problem.html While the number of suicides in Utah appear to be running apace with figures from the same time last year, suicide prevention... ]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:24:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632163/Sequester-cuts-hit-poor-elderly-cancer-patients.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632163/Sequester-cuts-hit-poor-elderly-cancer-patients.html The first warnings about the spending cuts were dire. ]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:38:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632165/Amidst-ongoing-doubts-about-health-care-law-Senate-Dems-answer-is-to-go-on-the-offense.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632165/Amidst-ongoing-doubts-about-health-care-law-Senate-Dems-answer-is-to-go-on-the-offense.html Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in... ]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581702/Why-owning-a-pet-may-be-a-better-financial-investment-than-you-think.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581702/Why-owning-a-pet-may-be-a-better-financial-investment-than-you-think.html A video produced by Yahoo Finance's Cost of Living shows why pet ownership can actually be a beneficial investment. ]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:21:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581654/Photo-shows-a-Wendys-employee-eating-ice-cream-directly-from-machine.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581654/Photo-shows-a-Wendys-employee-eating-ice-cream-directly-from-machine.html A photo has surfaced of a Wendy's employee eating ice cream straight from the machine. ]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:30:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581651/Department-of-Environmental-Quality-names-Ozone-YouTube-contest-winners.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581651/Department-of-Environmental-Quality-names-Ozone-YouTube-contest-winners.html The state Department of Environmental Quality has announced the top three winners of its YouTube video contest that... ]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:12:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581617/New-York-mayor-focuses-on-styrofoam-for-latest-citywide-ban.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581617/New-York-mayor-focuses-on-styrofoam-for-latest-citywide-ban.html Mayor Bloomberg of New York City has targeted styrofoam in his latest citywide ban. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn... ]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:09:00 MDT