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A support group for individuals with oral, head and neck cancers meets on the second Thursday of every other month from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Karrer Conference Room, located on the lower level of Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center. A diagnosis of cancer can impact all areas of your well-being – body…

Ashley Denker, MSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC is a clinical nurse educator in the Methodist Women’s Hospital Outreach program. She earned both her Bachelor and Master of Science in nursing from Nebraska Methodist College. Denker’s interest in maternal newborn nursing began in nursing school and has only grown…

Don Johnson was out for his daily bike ride on Oct. 18 when the unexpected happened. He remembers enjoying a beautiful fall day on the Keystone Trail in Omaha. He remembers the wind at his back. He remembers seeing skateboarders on the trail and steering to avoid them. He doesn’t remember the cr…

One could never tell by his exceedingly upbeat attitude, but Kyle Frans – a young, active husband, father of two, substitute teacher and Crete City Council member – has been battling health challenges since high school.“Constant pain, diarrhea, bowel issues, getting weak – which is weird when you’re…

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Methodist Fremont Health President and CEO Brett Richmond said the hospital is stretched thin. “At any point in the last two years, we’re busier now than we’ve ever been, even more so than we were last November and December,” he said. The hospital system is experie…

Katie Pafford, LIMHPAlthough she started her college career with a focus on teaching, Katie Pafford, LIMHP, shifted her attention to counseling after developing an interest in working with families and their day-to-day concerns. Today, she continues to enjoy working with youths and their families th…

Although she started her college career with a focus on teaching, Katie Pafford, LIMHP, shifted her attention to counseling after developing an interest in working with families and their day-to-day concerns. Pafford joined the Methodist Hospital Community Counseling Program and continues…

An Omaha doctor is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after recent data show an increased risk of stillbirth in women who contract the virus while pregnant.  The risk for stillbirth in any pregnancy is low, at 6 in 1,000, said Emily Patel, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine sp…

Dr. Jessica Jones In a Thursday update from health officials around the state, Nebraska health officials and doctors said their greatest concern right now is hospital capacity. Methodist infectious disease specialist Jessica Jones, MD, said this surge in hospitalizations looks familiar. "I mean…

Some tiny patients are spending their first Christmas in the Methodist Women’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), but that doesn’t mean they're missing out on seeing Jolly ol’ Saint Nick! Santa made a special NICU visit Friday, and as he made his rounds, a common theme emerged as he asked…