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 Ask Andre Guindon about his heart attack and he doesn’t have much to say – at first.Nudge him a little and he’ll open up about the experience:How he was rushed to Methodist Hospital in Omaha, over 1,000 miles from home. How it happened hours before returning home to Canada. “I probably wouldn’t hav…

UNO Hockey raised $10,403 through its recent online jersey auction benefitting the Leap-For-A-Cure Foundation. The money, which was presented to Methodist Hospital Foundation, went toward high-tech therapy equipment for patients on Methodist Hospital’s Acute Rehab Unit, including those who may be re…

For the eighth straight year, Methodist's Inner Beauty Salon and Omaha Fashion Week will partner for the Cancer Survivor Style Show on Feb. 28. The Omaha Design Center will be the setting for the special night which celebrates cancer survivorship.More than 100 models will hit the runway in fashions …

The Omaha Walk To End Alzheimer's is Sunday, September 25th at noon at Midtown Crossing.There, nearly a thousand people will walk to raise money for support, care and crucial research. Their hope is to find a cure for the disease that has impacted so many families.According to Dr. Rebecca Reilly, th…

It was the Fourth of July.Chelsea Clarke, BSN, RN, a Methodist Hospital Progressive Care Unit (PCU) nurse, was looking forward to an evening of fun and fireworks following her 12-hour shift.Toward the beginning of that shift, a man suffering from abdominal pain was brought to the Emergency Departmen…

OMAHA—Dr. Michael Romano, Chief Medical Officer for Nebraska Health Network, has been awarded the 2015 Robert Raszkowski ACCME Hero Award from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®). The award honors Dr. Romano’s leadership in the ACCME’s mission to promote quality sta…

With respiratory illnesses on the rise, vaccination rates low and the holiday season about to hit full stride, health officials are urging Nebraskans who are eligible to get shots for COVID-19, influenza and RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus.Dr. Ashley LeGrand, family practice physician with Metho…

 Mark Schmidt's childrenHis love of baseball and softball runs deep. But even deeper is the pride he has for his family.Mark Schmidt, 50, talks about his children often. He’s quick to share photos and details of their talents, and his Twitter account is essentially a highlight reel of his three favo…

Her eyes lit up as she answered the question: What made you want to become a medical assistant?“I used to love going to the doctor,” said Tess Petersen, CMA. “I had the best nurse. But it wasn’t the nurse I wanted to be – it was the check-in lady!”Petersen laughed as she told that story and revealed…

The glow from a sun-filled trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands disappeared when two couples returned to Nebraska in January.Omahan Marcy Kolkman is pregnant with her third child and in her third trimester. She hadn’t heard the word “Zika” until after she returned home with her husband, Dr. Paul Kolkman.…