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Peg Pease is being called a cheerleader for breast cancer survivors. But that's not the only thing Pease has done to help those in her community. I sing this song in the shower that says 'give me oil for my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning,'" Pease said. Pease is a breast cancer survivo…

Speakers at Healthwise program at Jennie Edmundson Hospital want the public to get wise to human traffickers. There are more human trafficking victims in the U.S. today than ever, Carrie Potter, sexual assault coordinator at Catholic Charities Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program, formerly…

COUNCIL BLUFFS – A team of three surgeons, with nearly 50 years of expertise combined, are now part of the Methodist Physicians Clinic system of providers. The group, which has operated under the name of Council Bluffs Surgical Associates since 2005, includes Dr. Patrick Ahrens, Dr. Eric Bendorf, …

The “Fourth Was With Us” on Thursday, May 4th – as Methodist Women's Hospital delivered 29 babies in 24 hours.This broke the old record of 28 babies in 24 hours on Aug. 4, 2015.The first baby arrived at 12:15 .m. and baby No. 29 was welcomed at 11:56 p.m. Of those 29 there was one set of twins and t…

When a person is sexually assaulted, it is recommended that she/he go to a hospital and call police. At that time a rape kit is often conducted. Anne Boatright, RN, SANE, is the coordinator for Methodist's SANE/SART Program, a program focussed on meeting the needs of rape victims.The rape kits Metho…

When you think about healthy fruits and veggies, where do you head first? To the fresh produce section? New research for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln conducted by Methodist dietitian Martha Nepper, MS, RDN, LMNT, CDE, and UNL researcher Weiwen Chai shows you might want to explore other areas a…

Wendy Buchholz, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, is an Occupational Therapist/LANA Certified Lymphedema Therapist She works with patients every day at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center.…

An Omaha woman who had the Zika virus while pregnant gave birth Tuesday at Methodist Women's Hospital to a healthy baby, alleviating concern that the child would be born with a birth defect. Evelyn Suastegui was the first pregnant woman in Nebraska to have a confirmed case of the mosquito-borne vi…

On May 4, Methodist Women's Hospital set a new record for the number of babies born in a single day. One week later, the hospital tied it's own record: 29 babies in 24 hours!   KMTV: Methodist ties birth record just one week later WOWT: Oh baby! They did it again! Methodist Hospital match…

The scenario was simple: You're in a business, it looks like someone is having a heart attack and the AED (automated external defibrillator) is needed, can you find it? An AED is a portable device that delivers an electric shock through the chest to the heart. The shock will hopefully restore a he…