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Each year, the Mobile Diabetes Center provides about 1,600 individual screenings throughout the region. Pooling resources with organizations like Nebraska Methodist College and the Mobile Diabetes Center makes a huge difference for the homeless clients we serve. They found a client with bl…

  Squares that care A warm blanket can seem like such a simple thing. Yet sometimes the simplest acts of kindness can mean the most. It’s that simple act of kindness – providing a warm blanket to someone in need – that spawned a recent community service project led by a team of employees at…

This past fall, a new shingles vaccine, Shingrix, was approved by the FDA and marked the first major development in the prevention of this devastating disease in over 10 years. The excitement about this new vaccine, coupled with the fact that one in every three adults will suffer from the shingles, …

An important part of healing When you think of cancer diagnosis and treatment, nutrition may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But proper nutrition is an important part of the process. As a board certified specialist in oncology nutrition dietitian, my focus is on food, and how food…

An hour lost…Last weekend, Daylight Savings Time forced us to spring ahead – losing an hour of sleep. This week, I think it’s safe to say many of us are feeling a bit groggy. The good news is, thanks to Daylight Savings Time we have more hours of daylight in the evening to be outside enjoying t…

The Eyes of a SurvivorIn 1995, at the age of 37, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was fairly young. And while I’ve had many patients who dealt with a breast cancer diagnosis, it was during my own cancer journey that I learned what it meant to be a cancer survivor. It’s through those eyes –…

Dr. Virginia Ripley is a family medicine physician at Methodist Physicians Clinic. She sees patients of all ages for preventative health care, as well as for treatment of acute and chronic medical conditions. “I like patients to be actively involved in their own health and the decisions that are ma…

  Being in the hospital isn’t easy. And it can be even more confusing and disorienting for a person living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Now, a new solution at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is making the hospital stay for patients with memory or dementia challenges just a little…

It’s a complicated disorder that can provide even greater complications for women wanting to start a family. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) can make it difficult – but not impossible – for women to get pregnant.What is PCOS?PCOS is a very common among women of reproductive age. In PCOS, a woman’…

It’s a little poke under the skin, but the results can be lifesaving. Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly disease – one of the deadliest in the world. But most importantly, it’s also treatable and preventable.World TB DayWorld TB Day is every year on March 24, and it’s a great time to look at the pre…