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Think about all the bicycles you’ve ever owned. Did you have one with training wheels? Pom-pom handlebars? A basket? Banana seat? Adjustable gears? No matter how many bells and whistles the bikes of your life had, they all worked the same because they all had some common integral parts.We’re a lot l…

It’s been a month of milestones for the Ashlee and Josh Laux: The couple’s 10th anniversary, baby Gavin’s first birthday and the one-year anniversary of Ashlee being taken off a ventilator at Methodist Hospital.  In late April 2021, Ashlee became sick with COVID-19. As her condition worsened, her M…

More than seven years after suffering a stroke on his 45th birthday, Mike Kirke is still adjusting to his new life. He misses doing yardwork. He continues to learn how to rely on his right hand after being left-handed. And he hopes that one day he won’t need his cane to get around.“I haven’t given u…

Douglas County Health reports 367 new reported COVID-19 cases since Thursday. But the number of hospitalizations peaked at 82 this month, and has since dropped to 73. Some doctors call this a "controlled" phase of the pandemic. COVID-19 is not considered endemic yet because the virus is still unpre…

Phone calls began pouring in as floodwaters surrounded Fremont on Friday, March 15. That was the day the city became a virtual island – and the day many within the community began to see Methodist Fremont Health as more than just a hospital.  As the natural disaster unfolded across the region, sta…

Jery Inbarasu, MD, got his first taste of the medical world at an early age by following his dad – a former chaplain – as he rounded hospitals in India. But it wasn’t until high school that Dr. Inbarasu became interested in life sciences and the idea of applying them to help people. As a physical m…

Primary CareAs Libby Kamrowski, 26, cast another line on an unusually warm September morning, she couldn’t help but liken her motions to seeking health care as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. “It just feels like this huge, intimidating body of water, and there’s no way of knowing exactly where yo…

It was shortly after 10 p.m. on a Friday in August when Salina Ward, a cleaning technician at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center (MECC), heard a knock on a nearby window. An elderly woman – dressed in a robe and holding a box of medication – was visibly upset, crying and shaking. “I ran to the doo…

Help Us Stuff the Bus and Drive Out Hunger. Help us Stuff the Bus! You can fight hunger in our community and help ensure that all Omaha children have a joyful holiday season during the annual WOWT Stuff the Bus Food and Toy drive on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Volunteers will be collec…

Empowered. That’s how Julia Laursen, 33, feels because she can see the impact of the support she’s received throughout her cancer survivorship. “That’s the big thing that the support services do,” she said. “It’s just this sense of, ‘We’re going to empower you to make the best, healthiest life cho…