Tom O'Connor
Car dealers team up for pickup/RV camper raffle for Cattlemen’s Ball
Lucky winner gets choice of pickup or camper McCool Junction, NE – To help the 2012 Cattlemen’s Ball reach its fundraising goal of $1 million, five area car dealerships and one RV camper sales dealership have joined forces to give away a pickup or camper as part of a raffle drawing. The participating dealers include: […]
Apr 10, 2012
Breakthrough drug brings new hope for cystic fibrosis patients
National CF leader, Dr. Robert Beall, is coming to Omaha April 13-14 For patients with cystic fibrosis, the future has never looked brighter. About two months ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for CF patients known as Kalydeco (kuh-LYE-deh-koh). For about 4 percent of the CF population – those ages 6 […]
Apr 9, 2012
Stemming the mental health crisis in rural America
With rural psychiatrists in short supply, new program is geared to primary care providers It’s estimated that more than half of all U.S. mental health care takes place at the primary care level and that percentage jumps considerably in rural areas where there often are no mental health practitioners for hundreds of miles. New online […]
Mar 28, 2012
American Idol sensation, Tim Halperin, to headline March 31 concert in Omaha
Westside High School performance will raise money for pancreatic cancer research at UNMC The public is invited to “An Evening of Music for Pancreatic Cancer” at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 31, at Westside High School, 87th and Pacific streets in Omaha. The concert will feature Tim Halperin, one of the top 12 male finalists in […]
Mar 27, 2012
New cancer guidelines developed for adolescent and young adult (AYA) age group
UNMC oncologist heads panel trying to improve outcomes in difficult-to-treat group A University of Nebraska Medical Center pediatric oncologist, Peter F. Coccia, M.D., served as chairman of a national panel that developed new guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and after therapy for adolescents and young adults with cancer. The adolescent and young adult (AYA) group […]
Mar 19, 2012
2012 Cattlemen’s Ball tickets officially sold out
4,000 tickets sold represent earliest sellout ever for annual cancer research fundraiser McCool Junction, NE – The 2012 Cattlemen's Ball is officially sold out. All 4,000 tickets have been sold. This includes both the Top Hand and Trail Boss levels. The annual event will be held this year in McCool Junction on June 1-2 to […]
Mar 13, 2012
UNMC rankings climb in U.S. News and World Report
Primary care, research and rural medicine programs notch impressive gains The primary care, research and rural medicine education programs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center rose in the 2013 U.S.News & World Report rankings of the nation's top graduate schools. Of the 149 medical schools surveyed in the latest rankings, UNMC: · Ranked sixth […]
Mar 13, 2012
Study finds workforce discrimination prevalent in LGBT community
Higher incidence of depression symptoms also seen
Feb 22, 2012
Geneva, Neb., native chose to stay in Nebraska to study cancer research
This is the second of five stories we are sending over the next 8 days that help demonstrate the importance of a major University of Nebraska initiative. Called "Building a Healthier Nebraska," the initiative seeks a $91 million investment from the state to support construction projects in Omaha, Lincoln and Kearney. The initiative will improve […]
Feb 17, 2012
Women with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus give birth to fewer children
UNMC researcher helps lead national survey of more than 1,000 women A University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher played a key role in a national survey that determined that more than half of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have fewer children than desired. Kaleb Michaud, Ph.D., assistant professor in the […]
Feb 16, 2012
