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Omaha  - Starting in the 2017 fall semester, Nebraska Methodist College will enroll its first class in the online Doctor of Nursing Practice - Public Health Policy track. Headlines touting the uncertainty of America’s healthcare structure have caused concern in the healthcare industry. After …

RSV is common this time of year, but local emergency rooms have been overrun with cases.RSV stands for Respiratory Syncytial Virus and can cause bronchiolitis, a respiratory illness that can cause difficulty breathing for children under the age of two. The infection plugs up the smaller airways with…

A new law in 2017 is creating a prescription drug monitoring program, an online database that will help physicians provide the best care and prevent abuse.Based on the law, physicians will be required to enter all controlled substance prescriptions into this database.Controlled substances are those …

Erin McCarthy is as skilled with a stethoscope as she is with a bowling ball. The same traits that make her a good nurse, in fact, help her excel on the lanes."You have to have a calm demeanor, stay in the moment and not get too overwhelmed,” she said.Patients of McCarthy in the progressive car…

OMAHA  - An OB/GYN expert, with stops as a physician in Kentucky, Colorado, Illinois and California, is returning to her Nebraska roots and has joined the Metro’s largest OB/GYN clinical practice at Methodist Physicians Clinic Women’s Center.Dr. Antara Pothuloori attended college at the Univers…

If you haven’t already succumbed, consider yourself warned.A handful of known seasonal bugs — two of them respiratory, one that goes straight to the gut — are making their rounds in Nebraska and western Iowa, and most are starting to make their mark.Your best line of defense for some of these bugs -…

It’s been 10 years since the doctors and nurses at the Methodist Women’s Hospital saw triplets that didn’t spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit, but that stretch is over. Traci and Tahner Thiem became parents on Jan. 11 to three healthy babies: Tayden Dake, Tyce Sanderson and Tierani Len…

When Bill Klosterboer was diagnosed with a stage 3 cancer at the back of his tongue in June 2014, all he and his wife, Laurie, heard was the word “cancer.” The stage of his disease didn’t really register, although he recalls being glad it wasn’t stage 4, the worst possible option. For us, person…

There's a new tool at Methodist Women's Hospital to help keep newborn babies safe. "You're sleep deprived, but excited at the same time. All I can think about is how tired I am but I can't go to sleep because it's such an exciting thing to go through,” said new mom Alicia McCarthy. Alicia and he…

The nights are long, the temperature is low, and many of us are spending more of our days cooped up indoors. So what can we do to make sure we are healthy and safe during the winter doldrums? Methodist providers offer their top eight tips. LiveWell Magazine: 8 tips for better health…