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‘The Benefits Outweigh the Risks’: Some Metro Parents Confident in Vaccinating Young Kids

… it for emergency use and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel is expected to give the final green light. Methodist Physicians Clinic pediatrician Dr. Matthew Gibson said … children is crucial for herd immunity since kids make up 20-25% of the population. “In order to get good protection for the community, and for every individual person, we need those …
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Mother and Daughter Survive Simultaneous Battles With Breast Cancer

… Nelson's family tree, you'll find a long history of breast cancer. So it was no surprise to her when she found out she carries the BRCA-2 gene, which makes her more susceptible to the disease. "I knew without a doubt just from that history that the risk was very high for me," said Nelson. "There really never was a question of if I would get breast cancer, it was just always a matter of when is it going to happen," said Nelson. …
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Quick Action by Husband, Firefighters, Jennie Edmundson Staff Helps Save Woman's Life After Heart Attack

… Kris, told him a little after 6 a.m. on Oct. 23 that she didn’t feel well and wasn’t going to work. “It’s the one thing we can count on, is her going to work,” Wiser said. Kris was experiencing a heart attack, and what followed highlights the … Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Kris is now eager to catch up with Christmas shopping and get back to work. Omaha World Herald: Quick action by husband, Council Bluffs firefighters helps …
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New HPV Staging Guidelines Important to Patients Treatment

… option. For us, personally, it was a matter of ‘OK, I’ve got cancer, let’s make a decision and get rid of it,’ ” said Klosterboer, a Lincoln resident. Dr. William Lydiatt, head and neck … at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center in Omaha, said the new staging system is important to patients. Omaha World-Herald's Julie Anderson: New system helps doctors differentiate between …
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Methodist volunteers bring smile to homeowner

… it's too much house, it's too much house," Gilliam said. For more than a decade, she's applied to get her house painted through Brush Up Nebraska. "He said, 'We looked back through and we've seen …
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Routine Medical Care Can Wait, Nebraska Doctors Say, But Not Too Long

… Methodist Health System has been asking patients 65 and older who are stable and doing well to stay home. “These patients can easily wait three or four months to see their physician,” Todd Grages, president and CEO of Methodist Physicians Clinic, said in a … Meanwhile, Grages said, patients who must be seen are getting the care they need. In addition to ramping up its telehealth services, the system’s health coaches and care navigators continue …
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'I Couldn't Hardly Wait': Dunklau Gardens Residents Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

… resident Ken Livingston has been isolated in the Fremont short-and-long term care facility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he may soon be able to return to some semblance of normal life in the coming months after receiving the first of two … “I couldn’t hardly wait,” he said. “I’ve kind of checked each day to see when we were going to get it.” Rachel Reiman, administrator of post acute services at Dunklau Gardens, said the …
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2020 'No Tobacco Challenge' Artwork Winner Announced

… first cigarette and nearly 200 youths start smoking regularly each day in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . In 2019, over 12% of middle school … initiative in Douglas, Sarpy and Cass Counties. The “No Tobacco Challenge” is a creative way to engage students and have discussions about the dangers of tobacco and vaping, as well as the …