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UNMC students train in communities across Nebraska
University of Nebraska Medical Center students are working with health professionals across Nebraska as part of their health care education requirements. The student rotations are part of the UNMC Rural Health Education Network (RHEN), an innovative program developed to help address the shortage of health professionals in rural Nebraska. The students represent the College of Medicine, […]
Nov 28, 2008
Friday Husker pick ’em (Wednesday edition) – Colorado
It seems the extra time between games gave our panelists time to reach some sort of telepathic synergy in terms of their predictions for Friday’s Nebraska-Colorado game.
Nov 26, 2008
Smoking, heavy drinking produce ‘double whammy’ in lungs
It’s well known that prolonged, heavy consumption of alcohol can cause liver and brain damage and that smoking causes a variety of life-threatening diseases.
Nov 26, 2008
Remembering Dr. Darrel Moreland
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today for Darrel Moreland, D.D.S., a strong supporter of the UNMC College of Dentistry and a friend to many at the University of Nebraska who died Sunday following an apparent heart attack.
Nov 26, 2008
Making college more affordable for more Nebraskans
Collegebound Nebraska — a newly expanded financial aid program at the University of Nebraska — is making a college education more affordable for thousands of Nebraska students, NU President James B. Milliken said Monday.
Nov 26, 2008
UNMC cancer specialist appointed to FDA Advisory Committee
UNMC cancer specialist, Jean Grem, M.D., has been appointed to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Grem will serve in the role for three years. The 12-member committee is responsible for evaluating new cancer drugs for safety and effectiveness. It also recommends approval for drugs to treat cancer. The […]
Nov 26, 2008
International study led by UNMC reaffirms importance of genetic tool when considering how to treat common form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
A new research study published in the Nov. 27 New England Journal of Medicine reaffirms the importance of gene expression profiling as a tool to predict how aggressive the most common form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma will be in a patient. The information may be critical in tailoring cancer treatment in the near future. “There have […]
Nov 26, 2008
Wellness Wednesday – A thought for Thanksgiving
Ahh, Thanksgiving. While initially the holiday was meant to celebrate a successful harvest, it seems that now, for most people including me, Thanksgiving is an excuse to eat too much.
Nov 26, 2008
Employee forums scheduled for Dec. 2-3
Record research numbers, employee survey results, low employee turnover rates at UNMC and the “I Love UNMC” social media campaign will be among the topics at chancellor’s forums for employees and faculty on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Nov 25, 2008
Portraits of Care – Essay 2
Leading up the Dec. 12 opening of Mark Gilbert’s “Here I Am and Nowhere Else: Portraits of Care” at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, UNMC Today will run a series of essays that detail the experiences of patients, loved ones and health care workers who were exposed to the project.
Nov 25, 2008