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The fourth annual Dance to the Beat fundraiser hit a new benchmark Saturday, with more than 450 attendees supporting cardiovascular patients through the Jennie Edmundson Foundation’s Cardiovascular Patient Care. This was the first year the event was held at the Mid-America Center due to a record nu…

Balancing work and life isn't always easy, but young professionals say advocating for workplace benefits that promote balance can make it easier to tackle busy work schedules and make time for leisure, too. Kelsey Haswell, lean improvement specialist at Methodist Health System and chair of the Grea…

We can confirm that a 36-year-old female patient at Methodist Hospital tested Positive for Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) which causes the disease COVID-19 on March 6. The patient presented to the Methodist Women’s Hospital Emergency Department and after reviewing her symptoms, recent travel and co…

The Concordia women's basketball team won its fourth straight GPAC title this month with a win over conference rival Hastings College. Meanwhile, Hastings College was without one of its leaders. When the GPAC championship was underway, head coach Jina Douglas found herself at Methodist Women's Hosp…

It’s good — so good that demand has been higher than its maker apparently anticipated. As a result, supplies of the new shingles vaccine, Shingrix, have been spotty nationwide. Reports indicate that some pharmacy chains have created waiting lists, particularly for customers who’ve gotten the first…

They are four people walking different paths, yet the recipients of the 2018 Spirit of Courage Award share the hope provided to all cancer patients in southwest Iowa by the medical professionals at the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Cancer Center. This year’s recipients — Erin Berkley, José Hernandez,…

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 …

William Magnuson had just come back inside his Glenwood, Iowa, home after taking the trash out in late March when the world started spinning. He walked into the living room and told his daughter that he needed to sit down. He still didn’t feel well, so he decided to go lie down in a bedroom. The…

OMAHA — Fighting cancer is about much more than just treating the disease, Dr. Christian Barney says. “When they come and see me, I'm all in,” said Dr. Barney, a radiation oncologist who has joined the Methodist cancer team. "I genuinely am interested not just in curing their cancer, but in them a…

Dr. Jessica Jones enjoys helping patients solve their medical problems. Seeing medical care as similar to detective work, Dr. Jones saw becoming an Infectious Disease Specialist as a natural fit. The Creighton University medical school graduate completed her residency at Case Western Reserve Univers…