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UNMC walking club takes steps to better health
With each step, Amy Lamer is that much closer to her goal: 10,000 steps per day. For the past three years, Lamer and her business and finance colleague Esther Collins have regularly walked the scenic Field Club Trail, just south the UNMC campus at 40th and Leavenworth streets. On Thursday, members of UNMC’s newly formed Walking Club joined them.
Jun 14, 2004
International summit draws experts on soft tissue sarcomas
Eighty of the world’s leading experts on childhood soft tissue sarcomas filed into the Durham Research Center Thursday to hear and discuss the latest treatment and research of the highly malignant cancers. UNMC hosted the Children’s Oncology Group International Summit on the Biology and Treatment of the Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas.
Jun 14, 2004
Students attend UNMC’s health science meet
Sixty-four eighth-grade students from 26 schools across Nebraska attend UNMC’s 12th annual Health/Science Meet June 10-12.
Jun 14, 2004
UNMC, Columbia scientists report therapeutic vaccine approach for Parkinson’s disease
Scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha and Columbia University Medical Center in New York have discovered a new vaccine approach that successfully prevents the death of brain cells in a mouse model of Parkinsons disease. The findings appear today (June 14) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences […]
Jun 14, 2004
64 students from 26 high schools across Nebraska participate in UNMC Health Science Meet
Sixty-four eighth-grade students from 26 schools across Nebraska are attending the University of Nebraska Medical Centers 12th annual Health/Science Meet June 10-12, for an educational and fun experience. The meets goal is to inspire students, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science […]
Jun 11, 2004
UNMC Alzheimers disease research fund established in honor of President Reagan
Omaha, Neb., June 10, 2004 – President Ronald Reagan’s patriotism and leadership touched the hearts of many Americans. Watching his decade-long battle with Alzheimer’s nearly broke those same hearts. UNMC, through its research efforts, is trying to eliminate the pain of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders. Citizens from Nebraska can join in the fight against […]
Jun 10, 2004
Internal medicine announces 2004 research award winners
Four UNMC researchers will receive the 2004 Internal Medicine Research Awards for exceptional achievements in research.
Jun 10, 2004
Cattlemen’s Ball benefits UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
Omaha businessman Mike McCarthy loves the Cattlemen’s Ball and what it represents. Each year, he tries to attend – regardless of how many miles he has to drive to get there.
Jun 10, 2004
On the road with Dental Day VI
For the first time students, faculty and staff from the UNMC College of Dentistry traveled 400 miles to bring their free dental clinic to children in western Nebraska. The college also tested its tele-dentistry project during Dental Day VI.
Jun 10, 2004
UNMC hosting international summit on pediatric soft tissue sarcomas
Carrie Lamm had never heard of rhabdomyosarcoma, nor did she know cancer in the muscle was possible. Then, her 3 -year-old daughter was diagnosed with it. Today, through Saturday, UNMC is hosting the Children’s Oncology Group International Summit on the Biology and Treatment of the Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas.
Jun 10, 2004