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Some of the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Birthing Center nurses gathered Friday in memory of Noah Bellows, son of Paul and Karin Bellows, who died in 2012, six days after his birth. An engraved digital camera gifted by the Bellowses family will now help families better preserve memories in …

Cathy DelSenno, the childbirth education coordinator for Methodist Women’s Hospital's courses, has been teaching at Methodist since 2007. She is a Lamaze certified childbirth educator and a certified lactation counselor. …

  A tiny piece of technology at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is working to keep heart failure patients out of the hospital. The new CardioMEMS sensor monitors patients for growing signs and symptoms of chronic heart failure by measuring pressure in the pulmonary artery in real time. …

Jill Ferguson and Carrie Potter provide special care to people after a traumatic and very personal experience. Ferguson, emergency department manager at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, and Potter, sexual abuse coordinator at Catholic Charities, are members of the Sexual Assault Response Team,…

A tiny "seed" is helping Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center surgeons pinpoint and remove areas of breast cancer too small to be seen or felt. The I-125 seed is a relatively new method aimed at giving doctors more flexibility and patients like 68-year-old Shelley Whitman more comfort. Si…

To allow for less invasive procedures and more versatility, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is using the da Vinci Xi robot as an aid in laparoscopic procedures. The da Vinci Xi is the latest version available and is favored for its dexterity. “Pretty much anything you can do laparoscopically…

The Advanced Wound Center at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital has proven excellence as a member of Healogics, one of the nation’s largest providers of advanced wound care services.On Tuesday, the Advanced Wound Center was awarded the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence Award for ac…

The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) and International Lactation Consultant Association® (ILCA®) have recognized Methodist Women’s Hospital for excellence in lactation care.Methodist has received the IBCLC Care Award, which recognizes facilities that hire International…

May is National Preeclampsia Awareness Month, and Methodist Women's Hospital wants all pregnant women to be aware of the dangers and symptoms to protect themselves and their babies. Sarah Leising was 27 weeks pregnant when her blood pressure spiked and medication was not regulating it. She lives i…

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA - Six times as many people die from suicide each year as from homicide, one person dies by suicide every 20 hours in Iowa, and suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States overall, but second among Iowans 15 to 34 years old. It is because of those statistics…