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Number one New Year’s Resolution: Quitting Smoking

Number one New Year’s Resolution: Quitting Smoking Next to losing weight, quitting smoking tops the list of many people’s New Year’s resolutions. More than 20 million people will try to kick the habit in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Luckily there is plenty of help in the form of gum, lozenges, pills […]

Dec 26, 2007

N.C. firm/UNMC partner to investigate potential new drugs

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Addrenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with UNeMed Corporation, the technology transfer arm of UNMC, giving Addrenex exclusive rights to the medical center’s library of nearly 400 compounds that target “adrenergic” receptors — docking sites on cells that react with the hormones adrenalin and noradrenalin.

Dec 21, 2007

Dr. Langnas: Transplant patients can lead full lives

A Minnesota girl who was seriously injured in June when a pool drain sucked out her small intestine underwent a multi-organ transplant on Monday at UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center.

Dec 21, 2007

Dr. Pamies honored by Gershom Empowerment Center

Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, recently received an inaugural award from Omaha’s new Gershom Empowerment Center. The award recognizes the unique contributions and service immigrants have made to the United States.   Pamies, the son of Haitian immigrants, moved to Queens, N.Y., at the age […]

Dec 21, 2007

Student efforts net recycling drop-off point on campus

Thanks to efforts led by UNMC Student Senate President Jonathan Henning, a recycling drop-off point to be used by the entire Omaha community now sits near the Student Life Center.

Dec 21, 2007

Cookies, tea and cheese cubes … Oh my!

Boasting a spread of food and drink as appealing to the eye as it was the taste buds, the annual Chancellor’s Holiday Tea once again drew hundreds to Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium on Wednesday.

Dec 21, 2007

Tea for Dr. Buehler set for Jan. 3

A tea for Bruce Buehler, M.D., will be Thursday, Jan. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. in University Tower’s Private Dining Room C.

Dec 21, 2007

Forum on mall shootings rescheduled for Friday

An employee/student forum about the Dec. 5 Westroads Mall shooting set for Thursday has been rescheduled for today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Dec 21, 2007

UNMC student does summer internship at CNN

Zac Handler only had one year of medical school under his belt when he took an internship with CNN in Atlanta this past summer.

Dec 20, 2007

Zac Handler on his CNN experience

Second-year medical student Zac Handler comments about some of his experiences as an intern at CNN.

Dec 20, 2007