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February is heart health month and both medical professionals and one transplant patient have a couple words of wisdom to keep us on track. Last October Julie Pickett received a heart transplant just eight days on the waiting list. It was her second major surgery before doctors told her it was tim…

RALSTON, NE – After five straight road games the Omaha Lancers return home to Ralston Arena for a great cause this Saturday night to play the Des Moines Buccaneers at 7:35 p.m.  A very number of limited tickets remain for the annual “Pink in the Rink” Night presented by Methodist Health System.…

Caitlin Skow, RN, a nurse from the Progressive Care Unit at Methodist Hospital, was honored at a recognition ceremony on Wednesday, February 11, as the February DAISY award winner for Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women's Hospital. Caitlin is currently enrolled in the RN to MSN program at Nebrask…

Forty-two million Americans smoke cigarettes and 480,000 die from doing so every year. "That was always the concern, cancer," Jerry Moore of Omaha said. After 38 years of smoking, Moore, who is a husband and grandfather, quit. However, that wasn't what saved his life. Jerry is among the 100s o…

CRE is a drug-resistant super bug that can spread during endoscopic procedures. It takes longer to clean the scope than it does for doctors to perform the procedure. "I'd say I do 300-400 (endoscopic procedures) a year," Dr. Michael Schafer said. But the staff at Methodist Hospital's GI Lab ar…

Dr. Maria Vacha, a family medicine physician at Methodist Physicians Clinic, brings a holistic approach to providing care at Methodist, realizing her patients are more than just bodies that need to be taken care of. She also considers their minds and souls when devising treatment plans. “Being…

Matt Sobczyk hadn’t heard of the Fremont, Nebraska, hepatitis tragedy until he took a class last fall as a Nebraska Methodist College nursing student.The medical scandal — 99 patients contracted hepatitis C because of the clinic’s unsanitary practices, and at least six died of the disease — stunned …

(OMAHA) –  A native of Osmond, Neb. and an avid volunteer, Chad Moes, MD, has joined the team of providers at Methodist Physicians Clinic Hawthorne Court. Dr. Moes specializes in family medicine. After beginning his educational work at Northeast Community College in 2001, Dr. Moes continued h…

Dress in Blue Day promotes awareness of colorectal cancer and encourages people to get screened.Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States and the third leading cause of cancer death. But it doesn't have to be this way. Through screening, colon cancer is one of the…

Lung cancer accounts for about 27% of all cancer deaths and is by far the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women according to the American Cancer Society. A one of a kind clinical trial here in Omaha at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center is exploring new treatment options for Stage …