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Some of the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Birthing Center nurses gathered Friday in memory of Noah Bellows, son of Paul and Karin Bellows, who died in 2012, six days after his birth. An engraved digital camera gifted by the Bellowses family will now help families better preserve memories in …

Cathy DelSenno, the childbirth education coordinator for Methodist Women’s Hospital's courses, has been teaching at Methodist since 2007. She is a Lamaze certified childbirth educator and a certified lactation counselor. …

  A tiny piece of technology at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is working to keep heart failure patients out of the hospital. The new CardioMEMS sensor monitors patients for growing signs and symptoms of chronic heart failure by measuring pressure in the pulmonary artery in real time. The…

Jill Ferguson and Carrie Potter provide special care to people after a traumatic and very personal experience. Ferguson, emergency department manager at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, and Potter, sexual abuse coordinator at Catholic Charities, are members of the Sexual Assault Response Team,…

A tiny "seed" is helping Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center surgeons pinpoint and remove areas of breast cancer too small to be seen or felt. The I-125 seed is a relatively new method aimed at giving doctors more flexibility and patients like 68-year-old Shelley Whitman more comfort. Since her tu…

To allow for less invasive procedures and more versatility, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is using the da Vinci Xi robot as an aid in laparoscopic procedures. The da Vinci Xi is the latest version available and is favored for its dexterity. “Pretty much anything you can do laparoscopically…

The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) and International Lactation Consultant Association® (ILCA®) have recognized Methodist Women’s Hospital for excellence in lactation care.Methodist has received the IBCLC Care Award, which recognizes facilities that hire International…

The flu versus the coronavirus argument is still bouncing around based on the simplistic comparison of the death toll between the two viruses. In the coming days across the United States, the number of people who have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, will pass the annual toll fr…

We've seen and heard lots of stories of health care workers lacking personal protective equipment. That issue motivated one local doctor to take material that was being thrown away and turn it to something beneficial during these times. "I probably at one point even wanted to be a fashion designer,…

After four weeks cooped up indoors because of a deadly pandemic, the people of Omaha wanted to party. During October 1918, Omahans had chafed under restrictions that had closed churches, schools, movie houses, theaters and public gatherings, and had banned parades and large meetings. Already 442 pe…