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Placing importance on addressing all aspects of health, Dr. Rachel Swim, OB/GYN, strives to tailor care to each person and making each course of action unique to them. Each patient and moment is special to her. Dr. Swim attended medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She later…

OMAHA – Dr. Jeffrey Sartin has always been fascinated by science and medicine. The drive to figure things out drew him to treating infectious diseases. “But what I really like is making patients better,” said Dr. Sartin, who has joined the Infectious Disease/Travel Medicine staff at Methodist Phys…

Todd D. Grages, MSBA, FACHE, FACMPE, president and chief executive officer of Methodist Physicians Clinic, has been elected chair of the Medical Group Management Association-American College of Medical Practice Executives (MGMA-ACMPE) by the group’s board of directors. Grages has served on the MGM…

The odds of their first words being “Alpha Xi Delta” are slim. But this trio just might go Greek later. After all, the new babies were born to three Alpha Xi Delta sorority sisters. The women, all 35, wound up delivering their babies on the same day last week at Methodist Women’s Hospital. Oma…

Carbon monoxide is known to a lot of people as the silent killer. There are no warning signs," said Dr. Brian Gartrell, a family medicine doctor at Methodist Physicians Clinic in Council Bluffs. It's impossible to see it or smell it. You're banking on an alarm to tell you when something is wrong. …

In August 2016, Cheyla Pettett was excited for her occupational therapy classes to begin at Nebraska Methodist College. She had relocated to Omaha to fulfill her dream of pursuing the profession.Tragically, Cheyla never got to attend classes. She was killed in a pedestrian-car accident just days bef…

An Omaha woman said she bought an Apple Watch a year ago to track her daily steps. But it turned out to be more than a fitness device.Quite simply it saved my life," said Vicki Anderson.She returned home from work a few weeks ago feeling dizzy. She said all she wanted to do was take a nap. She reali…

Dr. Aru Panwar says the relationship he builds with his patients is so special to him. He feels honored to be a part of his patients' journey and help them achieve the goals that are important to them. Dr. Panwar attended medical school at the University College of Medical Sciences & …

Richard O’Neill is happy his doctor recommended he get his lungs screened for cancer. O’Neill, 73, of Council Bluffs, said he’s thankful he caught his lung cancer early. The Council Bluffs man was a smoker for more than 50 years, and earlier this year decided to get tested for lung cancer. We ca…

With holiday blood drives starting up, metro-area residents will be seeing more of the mostly blue bloodmobiles operated by a Lincoln-based blood supplier. Nebraska Medicine and Methodist Health System in October announced that they’d selected the Nebraska Community Blood Bank to supply most …