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John P. Timperley II finishes the Omaha Triathlon in 2011. John P. Timperley II hadn’t been to the doctor in years.At 42, he thought was in good enough shape. He hadn’t smoked in five years. He liked to work out and had completed an Olympic-distance triathlon in 2011.Now the insurance agent was buy…

After the COVID-19 pandemic hit the region, another crisis loomed. As Methodist Health System mobilized to fight the virus, its behavioral health professionals knew it was imperative to continue treating the mental health of their patients, clients and community. With social distancing in place…

Cancer Care At 30 miles per hour down a steep North Omaha hill, competitive longboarder Tosh Newton, 25, of Kansas City, Missouri, appeared to take flight as his T-shirt clung to his chest and flapped in the wind behind him. Tosh Newton As he gained more speed, his board beg…

Mills Moline was born at Methodist Fremont Health on Jan. 14. It wasn’t the birth that Kassie Moline and her husband, Jared, expected.Kassie, a preschool teacher in Wahoo, taught her class as usual on Jan. 14. That same day, the couple also assembled a dresser in the nursery for their son, Mills, w…

The following is one of several profiles featuring Methodist patients who are living with the effects of long COVID – a range of health challenges that some people experience after the acute phase of COVID-19 illness. Read more long COVID patient stories:‘This Story Needs To Be Told’: Omaha Woman Op…

“He’s a FOMO baby, for sure,” Justin Comstock said of his son, Casey. “He’s up at about 5 a.m. and ready to party. He likes to be awake, he likes to be held, and he really likes noise – anything loud and obnoxious, he’s here for it.”Dad might be onto something with Casey’s “fear of missing out.” Dur…

Spring 2022 was a busy time for Bill Singer.Despite shifting into semiretirement, Bill had his hands full as he moved from Glenwood, Iowa, to the acreage he and his wife, Rhonda, own near Corning. If he wasn’t working on a project tied to the move, he was on the water.“If they’re biting, I go fishin…

To the mom, the dad, the sister, the brother, the child – or the couple praying for one: Chances are likely there’s a doctor you admire.Maybe it’s the one who brought your baby safely into the world after a roller coaster of a pregnancy. The one who caught your cancer early and held your hand throug…

A better lifeLooking for a way to change your life for the better? It starts by building a healthy lifestyle that takes you through day after day.But when people say “healthy lifestyle,” what does that really look like?Start the Day RightWake up about the same time every day. All of our basic functi…

In order to have more time with my family, I work fewer, longer days.The struggle in doing so is ensuring that my time away from home is well-spent.At the end, or even in the middle of a long day, I often tell myself:Just keep going.Head down, get it done.Don’t stop now.Stopping seems like the exact…