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Husker coach goes on offense against breast cancer
Nebraska Cornhusker Football Coach Bill Callahan has gone on the offense in the fight against breast cancer. Having lost both of his parents to cancer — his mother to breast cancer – he’s making a play to find ways to prevent and cure cancer.
May 16, 2005
May 20 golf tourney to raise funds for disabilities programs
The C. Louis Meyer Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc., invites the public to participate in the Tee-Up for Disabilities Golf Tournament Friday, May 20, at the Tregaron Golf Course in Bellevue, 13909 Glengarry Circle.
May 16, 2005
UNMC researchers identify possible new treatment for prostate cancer-induced bone disease
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have reported the findings of a new study that sheds light on a mechanism involved in the pathological destruction of bone caused by metastatic prostate cancer. The findings provide critical insight into the process of prostate cancer-driven bone destruction and identify a treatment that may interrupt bone […]
May 16, 2005
Students collaborate on volunteer project
Last month, 16 UNMC medical students and 26 middle and high school students made 30 fleece lap cozies and decorated 140 pillowcases with brightly colored fabric markers to donate to children in local hospitals or shelters. The April 16 volunteer project was part of National Youth Service Day, the world’s largest volunteer service event.
May 13, 2005
UNMC grad pursues career in mental healing
While there is a major need for diversity in all areas of health services, there is an especially severe shortage of psychiatric specialists of color. This was just one of several motivating factors that led Hope Jackson-Konnath to graduate today as a psychiatric nurse practitioner from the UNMC College of Nursing.
May 13, 2005
Med center has state’s only JCAHO certified stroke center
The Nebraska Medical Center’s stroke program has received the “Gold Seal of Approval” from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) making it the first and only nationally certified stroke center in Nebraska.
May 13, 2005
Husker Coach Bill Callahan goes on offense against breast cancer
Nebraska Cornhusker Football Coach Bill Callahan has gone on the offense in the fight against breast cancer. Having lost both of his parents to cancer — his mother to breast cancer – he’s making a play to find ways to prevent and cure cancer. Callahan, his wife Valerie, members of the coaching staff and […]
May 13, 2005
UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute to hold May 20 golf tournament to raise funds for recreational therapy services for adults with developmental disabilities
The C. Louis Meyer Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc., invites the public to participate in the Tee-Up for Disabilities Golf Tournament Friday, May 20, at the Tregaron Golf Course in Bellevue, 13909 Glengarry Circle. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Adult Evening Respite and Habilitation Program at Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI), which is located on the […]
May 13, 2005
Center for Biopreparedness Education invite health professionals to two-day bioterrorism symposium May 24, 25 in Kearney
Health care providers and first-responders across Nebraska are invited to attend a two-day bioterrorism symposium in Kearney May 24 and 25, at the Kearney Holiday Inn, 110 Second Avenue. Target audience of the symposium are emergency medical technicians, nurses, physicians, and laboratory, infection control, public health, and allied health professionals. Cost is $15 per […]
May 13, 2005
Dental hygiene rotation at Pine Ridge
Four dental hygiene students from the UNMC College of Dentistry West Division in Scottsbluff, Neb., reflect on their rotation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in S.D.
May 12, 2005