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As a beauty specialist for more than 38 years, Lori Fuchs has worked as a regional and national educator, makeup artist and skin care specialist. She is a clinical cosmetologist, a certified mastectomy fitter, and the coordinator of Inner Beauty: A Specialty Salon for Cancer Survivors.  Lori is pas…

OMAHA - Methodist Hospital has received the Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Bronze Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. The American Heart Association’s M…

OMAHA - Health care leaders from across the United States gathered for the 18th annual PRC Excellence in Healthcare Awards Conference, held recently in Austin.Three Methodist Health System hospitals garnered a total of 21 awards for achievement of excellence in patient satisfaction at the facility a…

Susan Jasman is the coordinator of the Methodist Women's Hospital Breastfeeding Boutique.…

When it comes to feeding our good health, nothing is more powerful than exploring the great outdoors. Our bodies are designed for nature, not to be stuck inside all day with modern technology. Summer is a wonderful time to take advantage of the longer periods of daylight, warmer temperatures and…

Friends and colleagues will give Pat Chalfant a cheerful send-off Friday after a nearly 52-year career at Methodist Hospital — though not with the loud cheers she heard as a teenager. In 1963, she played before a packed arena on the Iowa girls state champion basketball team from Guthrie Center, 80…

A lifelong Husker fan with a military upbringing has joined the Methodist Physicians Clinic family at Indian Hills. Dr. Shana Peper was born in Bellevue and loved the Cornhusker state so much, all of her educational training was completed in Nebraska. Her military upbringing stressed the importa…

His passion for science, a favorite television show and a life-changing moment in high school guided Dr. Shane Stephenson toward medicine. Hailing from St. Louis, Dr. Stephenson has joined the family medicine clinic at Methodist Physicians Clinic HealthWest. After being diagnosed with a rare for…

The seeds were sown as a free health clinic and a food pantry for the poor, but now look — they are sprouting into an uncommon $10 million initiative called Kountze Commons. Set to open in September on the west end of downtown, the 17,500-square-foot, two-story addition to Kountze Memorial Luthera…

OMAHA - In 1997, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) instituted a program that reviewed member registries for their ability to produce complete, accurate and timely data. Annually for the past 20 years, the Nebraska Cancer Registry (State Tumor Registry) has responde…