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Snapshots of diversity
Walk among the photos in "A Homeland in the West" exhibit and you see for yourself that Utah's history has always been one of diversity. Here is portrait of a Jewish photographer, an explorer with John C. Fremont, who spent several years in the Utah Territory during the 1850s.
Mother's Day cheerful and tearful
She spent last Mother's Day in bed, the blinds pulled, the lights off. She had climbed into bed the Wednesday before, knowing that the holiday, with its smiling mothers and their brunches and their blissful lives loomed at the week's end. Mother's Day, Deborah can see now, is a complicated holiday: a time when a mother who has lost a child or a child who has lost a mother or a woman who wants to become a mother but isn't, all find themselves reminded of what they don't have.
Therapy helping children with CP
OREM -- Colby Christensen can ride a tricycle now, just like most other 4-year-old girls. She's even eating grapes with "righty," her once tightly clenched right fist, thanks to a new therapy for children with cerebral palsy. The only drawback is the treatment is in Poland. And it costs $10,000. But her mom, Tracey, said it's worth it: "Any parent would do what's best for their child."
Zzzzzzz's a big need in society
OREM -- Even when you're asleep, your brain keeps going. While you're dreaming, the brain signals the body to heal, restore and rejuvenate. Children grow while they sleep. And some researchers believe that the brain files and stores information during that time.
Mother's Day cheerful and tearful
She spent last Mother's Day in bed, the blinds pulled, the lights off. She had climbed into bed the Wednesday before, knowing that the holiday -- with its smiling mothers and their brunches and their blissful lives -- loomed at the week's end.
Free health clinic opens in S. Salt Lake
More than 250,000 Utahns do not have health insurance -- a statistic that prompted the opening of the Maliheh Free Clinic in South Salt Lake, which aims to provide free service to low-income and uninsured people in the Salt Lake Valley. "Our intent is to give the best quality medical care without expectation or charges," said Dr. Mansoor Emam, director of the clinic. "We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege."
Special-needs law may exclude some disabled
Want one of the state's premiere private school vouchers for special-needs kids? If your child has a disability and is in a public school, you're probably good to go on a Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship. But if she's in private school specializing in students with disabilities, you -- and the very people behind the law -- probably will have to jump through hoops.
2005 Spring Salon: This year's art show is Springville Museum's biggest and best
SPRINGVILLE -- Author Margaret Atwood said that in the spring, at the end of the day you should smell like dirt. But after experiencing this year's Spring Salon, when leaving the museum you should applaud. This is the exhibition's 81st attempt to validate its raison d'etre, its 81st effort to show Utah what the state's artists are capable of producing, and the Springville Museum of Art's owners and operators should be pleased.
Huntsman may never face a conflict on cancer center
When running for office a year ago, then-gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. said if he found himself as governor sitting in a meeting setting state budget priorities and the topic of the Huntsman Cancer Institute came up, he'd just leave the room to avoid a conflict of interest.
Big polluter cuts emissions
A Utah company regarded as one of the the nation's biggest polluters two years ago has reduced its emission levels enough to no longer rank among the top 50. U.S. Magnesium, formerly known as MagCorp, released only 4.4 million pounds of emissions into the air -- a 69 percent decrease from last year -- according to the Environmental Protection Agency's annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) report for 2003, the most recent year for which numbers are available. The report, released Wednesday, showed that Utah's overall chemical releases into the air decreased 51 percent, down to an all-time low of 9.2 million pounds.
Health hotline: Heart arrhythmias can be treated
You can live with some heart arrhythmias; others left unattended will kill you. But all can be treated, according to Dr. John D. Day and Dr. J. Peter Weiss, who will address heart arrhythmia during tomorrow's Deseret Morning News/Intermountain Health Care Hotline. The two cardiologists with the Utah Health Clinic Arrhythmia Service at LDS Hospital will take phoned-in questions from 10 a.m. to noon.
Dangerous bacteria infects Job Corps
Two students at the Clearfield Job Corps Center have been infected with a contagious and potentially fatal bacteria. The bacteria -- known as Neiseria meningitidis -- can cause meningitis, pneumonia or blood infections. The incubation period is anywhere from two to 10 days. The last student was diagnosed seven days ago.
S.L. readies 'super ticket'
Salt Lake City's super ticket is almost a reality -- but how and if it will be accessible to locals remains uncertain. What does seem sure is that this July Salt Lake City will become one of an increasing number of U.S. cities offering a discounted super pass, giving patrons access to a variety of cultural, educational and entertainment destinations.
Mapleton may rescind order to boil water today
MAPLETON -- Water tests planned for today could bring an end to boiling in the city -- both the kind done on the stove and the kind that happens to tempers. Nearly a fourth of the city's 6,500 residents have been forced to boil culinary water from their taps since Saturday when testing confirmed the presence of E. coli bacteria in the water system serving the southwest quadrant of Mapleton.
School summit helps orient refugee families
It wasn't a school day, but dozens of students were bounding through the halls of Mountain View Elementary at noon on Saturday. Girls in long skirts skipped into the cafeteria, holding hands. Boys were more boisterous, running to find a seat. Mothers and fathers were also there.
Orem hospital expands maternity care
OREM -- A hospital in Utah County -- where the birthrate is higher than the statewide average, which also happens to be higher than the national average -- has expanded its Women's Center to make room for more women and more babies. Fourteen rooms covering 10,000 square feet were added to the Women's Center at Timpanogos Regional Hospital, 750 W. 800 North in Orem, that can be used for recovery by women who have given birth.
Treating stroke successfully usually is race against time
Kara Hazen was getting ready to check out of a Las Vegas hotel when her arm turned off. When she tried to call out to her husband Darryl in the other room, she found her mouth wasn't working right, either. Within 15 minutes, she was in the hospital, undergoing a CT scan and then injection of a medication called TPA designed to prevent entirely or minimize damage from stroke. Within a half-hour, she was moving her arm again.
Utah campaign aims to help caregivers find rest, resources
A public information campaign launched this past week aims to provide assistance to the estimated 173,000 weary Utahns caring for someone who is aging, disabled or suffering from a chronic disease or mental illness. Dubbed "ucare," the effort partners the state departments of health and human services and multiple community nonprofits to help people tap into available resources.
Hearing needs are going unheard for kids in Utah
PLEASANT GROVE -- Two years ago, Norm and Taunya Paxton discovered silence had crept into their home -- a silence that would forever change their life: They learned their middle child, Chance, was profoundly deaf. "It's like being thrown into the deep end of the pool and not knowing how to swim," Norm Paxton said.
Center to benefit Rose Park
Salt Lake City's west side acquired a huge gift Friday. Rose Park, one of the city's most needy neighborhoods, will soon gain a new community center courtesy of Beneficial Financial Group and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation.
Researchers in Utah find way to stop many tumors
Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute have found a way to stop a gene mutation that is believed responsible for up to 30 percent of human tumors. And that may have treatment implications for diverse cancers including pancreas, colon, lung and thyroid cancers, as well as leukemia.
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