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In his career as Creighton’s play-by-play announcer, T. Scott Marr has likely called a comeback or two on the basketball court. Now the Omaha man has a comeback story of his own. Last month, Marr was nearly brain-dead. His family made one more trip to the hospital before making funeral arrangeme…

Becker's Hospital Review has published the 2018 edition of its list of "143 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know" and Josie Abboud and Sue Korth both made the list. Abboud was named president and CEO of Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women’s Hospital in Oct. 2018, after serving as ex…

According to The American Cancer Society, about 13,170 people will be diagnosed with new cases of invasive cervical cancer in 2019. Of those people, 4,250 will die from the disease. Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. The cervical cancer death r…

Dr. Gregory Hutteger attended medical school at A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (Kirksville, Mo.), prior to completing his family medicine residency in Michigan. Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Hutteger cares for patients at  Methodist Physicians Clinic as we…

Katie Owen doesn’t recall much about the morning of Sept. 4. That day, the Fremont resident planned to take her 11-year-old son, Austin, to school at Johnson Crossing Academic Center. She had a bad headache, but the 37-year-old single mom was a chronic migraine sufferer. Katie was taken by res…

Her hands are warm. This comes as a surprise. The day is so bitterly cold. The hospital, despite its soft earth-tone decor, is big and empty. Plus Jean Bailey, white-haired, stooped with age, is nearly a full century old. It does not seem possible that the hands of this 98-year-old woman should be…

Nebraska Methodist College is using new technology to train students. "As a health care field, this is really amazing," said Becca Bouckaert, director of the school's cardiovascular sonography program. It's called an Anatomage Table. It allows students to dissect one of four bodies that were don…

In February, Methodist Hospital officials will be partnering with the local chapter of the American Heart Association for a national campaign. The hope is to raise awareness about congenital heart disease and cardiovascular disease. The Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign gives every baby born at M…

OMAHA – The National Pancreas Foundation has recognized Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center as an approved Pancreatic Cancer Center. The important designation puts Methodist in elite company with fewer than 50 other centers nationwide. “I’m very proud of Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center to be recog…

Lindsay Northam, MD, sometimes finds herself regretting that she doesn’t have a story. Those times come, she said, when someone asks when she knew she wanted to be a physician. “I don’t have that one story.” She actually has several stories she can tell. Truth be told, Dr. Northam always knew sh…