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Connected by a cancer bond, three people are leading the way on a campaign to highlight the outstanding cancer care and improve cancer treatment at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Meet Dr. Lori Platt, Marcia Antworth and Scott Hartman, the foundation campaign co-chairs helping raise $5 million …

Dianne Fuhs, BSN, RN, BC, a nurse coordinator for the Methodist Hospital Cardiac Unit, was honored at a recognition ceremony on Thursday, June 25, as the June DAISY Award winner for Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women's Hospital. She was nominated for the honor by a heart bypass patient who be…

A Council Bluffs baby is dealing with a rare genetic disorder that causes benign tumors to grow in major organs throughout her body. Maya Vincent has tuberous sclerosis. The disorder affects one out of every 6,000 newborns. Doctors say it is caused by a gene mutation resulting in overgrown tissues…

Victim advocates said domestic violence numbers are on the rise. One hospital alone documents about 40 cases in one month. Experts also said the abuse is getting more violent, violence that one family said nearly took the life of another woman just last week. Police said their suspect is still out…

NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum award recognizes high standards   OMAHA – Methodist Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2015. Methodist is one of only 319 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. T…

Linda Stafford, BSN, RN, a nurse coordinator for the Methodist Hospital Cardiac Unit, was honored at a recognition ceremony on Monday, July 20, as the July DAISY Award winner for Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women's Hospital. She was nominated for the honor by a fellow nurse on the unit, who c…

The story of Kristin Friehe's pregnancy almost ended in tragedy. She nearly died after giving birth to her son Owen, who's now four years old. Kristin's husband Mitch remembers his wife complaining of abdominal pain before she was eventually rushed to Methodist Women's Hospital for an emergency C-…

Concern about the Zika virus is pushing a growing number of people to area doctor's offices just ahead of summer. Doctors at Methodist and Nebraska Medicine say people have a lot of questions about the virus. Jessica Jones, Infectious disease doctor for Methodist, was among the local medical exp…

OMAHA ―  Methodist Hospital, who treated nearly 400 stroke patients in 2015, was honored today by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as the first hospital in the City of Omaha to earn its Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite designation. In addition, Methodist was also awarded th…

A consensus is growing in the medical community for treating medical errors more like a disease: Diagnose the problems and treat them. It’s a significant issue. The latest study, by Johns Hopkins Medicine, ranked medical errors as the No. 3 U.S. cause of death. It estimated that medical mistakes…