Utah has some very healthy brains.
According to the 2011 America’s Brain Health Index, Utah ranks No. 8 among the brain-healthiest in the nation. Strengths include active community participation and a low prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. One of Utah’s weaknesses is a relatively high incidence of serious psychological distress.
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When Kaysville native Christy Karras told people she was writing a book on remarkable women in Utah history, she got a strange response.
“They said, ‘Remarkable and from Utah?’ ” Karras recalled. “Then, when my editor read the manuscript to...
• Patty Sessions (1795-1892), frontier midwife.
Sessions was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints four years after it was founded and drove her own wagon to Utah, arriving in the second group. She worked as a midwife and healer, and formed charities to help those less fortunate. Her diary...
Sara and Rachel Noel can whip out a custom prom dress, ball gown or fairy costume at a moment’s notice.
At age 10, the Woods Cross twins haven’t settled on a career, in fashion or elsewhere, but neighbor Kari Kawa, 34, already is winning design awards for Shailie, the fashion toy that allows the young sisters to live out their fabric...
