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Southwest Iowa cancer patients are keeping Methodist Jennie Edmundson Cancer Center’s new linear accelerator busy providing radiation therapy. We treat an average of 16 patients a day, so we never really stop treating,” said Michelle Kaufman, director of oncology services at the Council Bluffs hos…

On Thanksgiving and during the 10 days after Christmas, Americans will pack on the most weight of the year. With all that holiday food goodness, it's easy to understand why. But the temptation doesn't have to turn into pounds. Brenda Herrod, a nurse practitioner at Methodist, said if you're on t…

It's kind of crazy in four years how things could change,” said mom Molly Petersen. Putting a newborn's feet to a pad of ink and stamping them on paper is a thing of the past at Methodist Women's Hospital. Nurses now use CertaScan to capture footprints and an infant photo within the first few ho…

A few years ago, Emily and David Cooper didn’t think they’d ever have babies to take trick-or-treating, to eat turkey with or to buy Christmas presents for, but life is full of surprises.As they look at their two children, Allie, 3, and Isaac, 9 months, they’re reminded just how much they have to be…

A newly passed law means that pharmacy technicians within Nebraska will soon be required to pass a certification exam in order to keep their jobs. To meet this challenge, Nebraska Methodist College has become the first education institution in the area to offer an exam preparation course. Omaha, N…

Each week, cosmetology students visit Methodist Hospital. Armed with lotions, polishes, nail files and smiles, these members of the Glam Squad hope to bring comfort and care to patients undergoing cancer treatment. "If you can bring joy to one person's life, even for a moment, to forget about what…

Pediatrician Dr. Emilio Arispe is passionate about caring for children. His favorite aspects of pediatrics include being present from day one of his patients' lives and watching them grow into young adults. You can visit Dr. Arispe at Methodist Physicians Clinic.…

One Council Bluffs hospital is reflecting on gratitude this Thanksgiving season by writing on walls."I'm grateful for my health," Linda Larison, who just retired from the hospital, said.The gratitude is hard to miss.Alexandra Stone, KETV reporter, shares more about the Gratitude Graffiti project tak…

It is two minutes before noon on a Friday. The board room at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is gradually filling with a mix of surgeons, pathologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncology specialists, primary care physicians, nurses, technicians, dietitians, social workers and other profes…

OMAHA –  In 2015, Methodist Women’s Hospital will care for well over 600 babies in their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and with 28 private beds currently available, the unit has been beyond capacity nearly 93 percent of the year. The demand and the desire to offer high-quality neonatal care to more…