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Eight years ago, Hannah Badeer and her husband, Preston, arrived at an Omaha hospital to welcome their first child into the world. An epidural helped make for a fairly painless delivery until things quickly took a drastic turn. Baby Emerson suffered a meconium aspiration – the inhalation of amniotic…

Jasye Morrison, BSN, RNC-EFM, knew something was up when she was called to the Criss Room at Methodist Women’s Hospital last month. She just didn’t know what. “When I walked through the door and I saw a board room full of administrators, I instantly thought, ‘I’m fired,’” the labor and delivery nur…

As any parent knows, kids can get sick a lot. On average, little ones get between six and 10 colds each year – twice as many as adults. That leaves many parents asking: What can we do to help? What causes a cold? Knowing a cold’s origin is a good place to start. Most colds are the result of rh…

With monkeypox cases on the rise in Europe, Canada and the U.S., state and local health experts Thursday warned Nebraska residents and health care providers to be on the lookout for the virus and the rash it typically causes.Nebraska and neighbors Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota so far have not identi…

The cardiovascular benefits of aerobic exercise – such as walking or jogging – are well documented. But you may be surprised to learn that moving your workout from the treadmill to the mat may be just as heart healthy. Growing in Popularity Yoga, which incorporates a combination of poses, breathi…

A blind date in 1979 sparked a connection between Milo and Shari Mally that family members say exists only in the movies.“It was like ... soul mates,” Milo said. “We laughed and talked all night. She was beautiful. She’s still beautiful. And she’s a heck of a cook. Clearly – just look at me!” …

Methodist Fremont Health invites incoming high school sophomores and juniors to learn about possible health care careers at the Health Care Career Exploration Camp in July.This camp is an opportunity for area high school students to participate in hands‐on simulated activities and interact with alli…

Radiologists like Dr. Annabel Galva, the director of radiology at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, are often the first line of defense in identifying suspicious lung nodules. But Methodist’s Incidental Lung Nodule Program builds on radiologists’ work, giving providers another powerful tool in th…

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…

Just a day before her planned Panamanian cruise, Maggie* suddenly couldn’t catch her breath after bending down to tie her shoes. “I can’t get … my breath,” she tried to tell her husband after sitting back up. “I can breathe … but I can’t get any air.” After a few minutes of struggling, Maggie knew…