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An aerial view of flooding near Fremont.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. People, organ…

Anne Race sensed something was wrong.She wondered if the swelling in her left arm could be a side effect of her left breast mastectomy, a surgery that included the removal of 11 lymph nodes in her chest. Race ran her symptoms by members of her cancer survivor group. Then the Omaha native, who l…

If you’re the gateway to what your family eats, chances are likely that you’ve seen, studied or even gasped over a Nutrition Facts label. Perhaps you’ve even noticed a few changes to that trusty little box you rely on so heavily for checking the sugar content of your children’s favorite cereal.The N…

Early Detection is CrucialIf caught early enough, lung cancer has an 80 to 90 percent five-year survival rate. Annual screenings of high-risk patients can diagnose at least 80 percent of lung cancers at Stage I. Gary Plog is one Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center patient who credits screenings with s…

It takes a special person to drop whatever and answer the call –  to give up time with family to serve their biggest family of all. “I believe in treating patients with compassion, as a member of my own family.” – Rudolf Kotula, MD, Infectious Disease Thomas White, MD, Bariatric Surge…

“My mom used to always tell me, ‘Treat others how you want to be treated,’” said Haleigh Grieve, BSN, RN, a nurse in the Progressive Care Unit at Methodist Hospital. “And so I do.”Following in her mother’s footsteps, Grieve became a nurse in December 2017 after graduating from Nebraska Methodis…

Lean to the leftLean to the rightStand up, sit downFight, fight, fightGo team!My seventh-grade social studies teacher was a big Ohio State football fan. On Fridays in the fall, he’d have our whole class yell this cheer at the top of our lungs just before the final bell rang. He knew exactly how many…

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital has been awarded three grants totaling $180,000 from the Southwest Iowa Mental Health & Disability Services Region to make improvements in its behavioral health services area. Jennie Edmundson, which has a 20-bed inpatient behavioral health unit, received a $…

With all the different car seat options on the market and evolving car seat laws, parents sometimes need an extra boost to make sure their kids are safe.  That’s why Methodist Women’s Hospital is hosting a special event on Saturday, May 14, from 9 a.m. to noon. Experts will give your car seat …

Several nurses who care for patients across Methodist were honored in a special sections of the Omaha World-Herald, Fremont Tribune and Daily Nonpareil on May 9-10. Honorees in the "Nurses: The Heart of Health Care" special recognition program were nominated by readers and selected by local ju…