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Karla Perez was 22 weeks pregnant in early February and was not feeling well at home. She collapsed and was brought by ambulance to Methodist Women’s Hospital. An assessment by staff and a CT scan revealed a brain bleed and she was transferred to Methodist Hospital for further evaluation and ICU adm…

Among the many challenges facing patients with head and neck cancer, depression can be an added stressor that, if unrecognized and untreated, contributes to decreased quality of life and early mortality. This information is not new. Evidence has long shown that depression rates in cancer patients …

… curable disease,” said Deb Meyers, program manager of the Methodist Lung Thoracic Oncology Clinic . “We commit to those at risk to provide high quality screening and follow up care.” This …

… surgery and recovery, contact the Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center Head and Neck Oncology Clinic at 402-354-5048 or the 24-hour hotline at 866-269-2878.   …

Doctors say the first few months, and even weeks, of a baby's life are critical in their development."There’s a lot of learning that happens with the human face. Babies take cues from their parents in situations, and there’s a lot of social interaction that happens. If you think about when you’re ho…

When you step into Inner Beauty, at every turn you're met with a message of hope and assurance. "They just want to look and feel beautiful in their own skin," said Salon Coordinator, Lori Fuchs. Fuchs said that's why she and three other Clinical Cosmetologists run the specialty salon for breast ca…

While a shift to more outpatient or same-day surgeries had been underway for some time, area health system leaders say the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated it. It similarly sped the expansion of telehealth, which gave people access to clinicians when clinics were closed and many patients were leery of …

Ending hunger is such an enormous idea that it might be considered fantasy. And yet the White House has a plan, starting with $8 billion in commitments from private companies, charitable foundations and industry groups. Methodist Health System was among the organizations across the nation providing…

… helped with initiatives like the 3D mobile mammography coach , the Methodist Community Health Clinic , the Mobile Diabetes Center and the planned Council Bluffs behavioral health hospital in …

In 2011, Ally Slobotski went into pre-term labor with twin boys at 29 weeks. At the time, she and her husband didn't know what the future would hold for the boys."We didn't know at first, you know, what his life was going to look like," Ally said.When the couple visited their baby boys in the NICU a…