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Approximately 100,000 Americans will develop oral, head and neck cancer this year – a number that has grown steadily over the last 10 years.Symptoms can include difficulty swallowing, difficulty breathing, ear pain, a sore in the mouth or throat, voice changes or a lump in the neck. “Three of t…

OMAHA - The SANE/SART program at Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women’s Hospital provided care to 400 survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and human trafficking in 2016. That’s an average of 33 cases per month. On the national level, 12.7 million people are physically abused, raped o…

On Christmas Eve morning, nurses rolled KIOS-FM morning anchor and professional singer Michael Lyon into an operating room at Methodist Hospital. The surgeon had promised to take out only what he had to in his quest to take out a life-threatening throat cancer, but as the drugs kicked in and Lyon dr…

Celebrities will join with local residents to honor four cancer survivors and support cancer patient care during Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital’s 14th annual Spirit of Courage Celebrity Weekend. The two-day fundraiser will start Saturday at the Mid-America Center, 1 Arena Way. The weekend’s…

As George Smith lay in his bed at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital — a moment after being told the lump that had been surgically removed from his groin was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — one thought came to mind: “OK, so I’m going to die.” “I looked at my wife just kind of dumbfounded,” Smith recalle…

After a round of golf on a beautiful fall afternoon, many people head for a cold beverage and a lengthy recollection of the day’s best shots. On Sept. 2, 2016, John McCreedie followed his game with a trip directly to Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. While McCreedie was on the golf course, hi…

A group of retired teachers at the Aksarben Village Dial Retirement Community noticed blue Salvation Army bins around town collecting school supplies. As former teachers, they understood the critical need for the supplies. They even remember spending their own money to buy school supplies themse…

When Mark Engelke learned in 2015 that the lump in his neck was cancerous, he drove from his home in Glenwood to a lot he owns along the Missouri river, where he keeps his boat and camper. All I could think of was, ‘How do I tell the kids?’” said Engelke, a the father of five and grandfather of th…

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital has been like a second home to Mindy Miller. "I was born there,” she said, mentally ticking off the connections. “I was a candy striper volunteer there when I was 14. I went to nursing school there and have been a nurse there for 39 years: 29 years in labor and …

As Brenda Herrod neared her 40th birthday, she wanted to change her lifestyle.She’d seen both of her parents die after battling cancer.She’d endured more heartbreak when her brother, who had also been diagnosed with cancer, killed himself.If Herrod wanted to be around for her husband and two childre…