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Antibiotic resistant diseases on the rise

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 1:03am

Antibiotic resistant diseases are on the rise in the United States, and Utah is far from immune.

The Centers for Disease Control defines the antibiotic resistant problem as a "major blooming publi

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Gracie Hinds, 9, shown here at Primary Children's Hospital with her therapy dog Annie, continues to recover from a medically-induced coma. Gracie has spent the past four months fighting an autoimmune disease. Photo courtesy of the Hinds family

9-year-old Syracuse girl recovering from coma

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 6, 2012 - 11:58am

SYRACUSE -- Amazing Grace continues to live up to her name.

Gracie Kaye Hinds, 9, has spent the past four months fighting an autoimmune disease at Primary Children's Medical Center. She endured 11 weeks of a medically induced coma, awoke just before Thanksgiving, and improved enough to leave the hospital to spend Christmas Day with her family.

Although her reprieve from the hospital was short, Gracie continues to impress family, friends and medical professionals with her strength and tenacity throughout her rehabilitation.

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