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NOTE: THIS GROUP IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND IS FREE OF CHARGE. IT MEETS at the noted time for two consecutive weeks (December 7 and 14). Description Methodist Fremont Health is offering a grief support group for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Grief enters all of our lives at…

A global clinical trial is underway to examine the best treatment for blood clots in the lungs. The condition affects around one in 1,000 people in the U.S. every year. A year ago during the holidays, a west Omaha woman would get tired doing anything in the kitchen. She felt she’d never get off th…

Women's HealthCaroline Frances Swanson is just days old and already in the spotlight. The 7-pound, 10-ounce baby girl was born on Jan. 1, 2023, at 12:01 a.m., and her parents called her birth moment magical. "When it was about to strike midnight when we knew the baby was right there. One of the nu…

Alex Anthone, BSN, RN, was completely focused on his career when he joined the Progressive Care floor at Methodist Hospital in February 2014. “I had a strict policy that I was not going to date anybody at work,” he said. Then Kacey Coenen, BSN, RN, OCN, joined the same floor in August.  Her arri…

With such a decorated name badge, it’s easy to see that critical care nurse, Danielle Sheehy, BSN, RN-BC, OCN, is an achiever. In her eight years at Methodist, she’s received several awards and recognitions – many marked by shiny pins.“How can I be better?” Sheehy asks herself regularly. Especially …

At the Methodist Women's Hospital, NICU families are bonding through reading. It's part of an international movement the hospital is joining for the first time called the Read-A-Thon. "The goal is to get people excited about reading and increase the number of times kids are being read to in the NIC…

After growing up in a small town outside of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Mathew Lukey, MD, knew he wanted to have an impact on a tight-knit community. And now as a family medicine physician with Methodist Physicians Clinic in Glenwood and Malvern, Iowa, Dr. Lukey has that opportunity. “I look a…

In September and October, the Shoe Sensation store at Fremont Mall is raising funds to help provide mammograms to women and men unable to afford them. The funds will go toward an initiative at Methodist Fremont Health, which helps pay for mammograms for those who may be uninsured or underinsured – …

Inspired by her mother, an emergency nurse, Bria Meyer, MD, knew at an early age that she wanted to pursue a career in medicine. “I would ask her stories when she came home about what problems she saw,” Dr. Meyer said. “I wanted to be able to help people like that – be able to make a difference in …

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. Brittany Burbach MSN, FNP-CChecking your skin regularly may help you spot skin cancer early. Mole or skin cancer? Almost all of us have moles. The more moles a person has, the higher the risk for melanoma. It can be difficult to know whe…