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When he thinks back to his childhood, Dusten Olds, 46, admits: “I basically lived outside.” He has fond memories of playing sports outdoors and occasional boating trips. He even recalls a few sunburns, because when it came to sunscreen, “I remember having it and wearing it, but I don’t know how mu…

A program led by Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital helps people with complex and often chronic diseases who don’t have insurance, are underinsured, have behavioral health issues, cannot afford a primary care doctor or simply don’t have one. Many of these people come to the Methodist Jennie Edmu…

Sunset Market Café Located on the first floor of Methodist Fremont Health, the Sunset Market Café is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks and beverages can also be purchased throughout the day. Breakfast 6:30 to 10 a.m. Includes a variety of hot items and rotating daily specialt…

Most mitral valve repairs require cutting through the sternum and opening the chest, followed by a month or more of recovery with no driving or lifting more than a gallon of milk. But Dr. HelenMari Merritt, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Methodist Physicians Clinic, offered another option: a robot-a…

Nebraska Methodist College (NMC) recently received $60,000 from multiple donors for its Caring Cupboard campus food pantry to help alleviate food insecurity among college students. “Food insecurity while in college can have many negative consequences, including lower academic performance, lower rat…

The Fremont Health Foundation hosted its Spring Garden Party on June 8. The elegant springtime evening was filled with fun, food and philanthropy. More than 300 guests attended the event at Midland University’s Wikert Event Center to support the foundation and honor Tom and Sheryl Thomsen an…

U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named only one hospital in Nebraska – Methodist Women’s Hospital – as a 2022-2023 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals …

Volunteer George Zieg visits patient Dick Perrigan at Methodist Hospital in November.   Teaira Homan It’s a moment that Teaira Homan, CNA, won’t forget. A patient in Methodist Hospital’s Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit kept pressing her call button, requesting tha…

The flu is one of three infectious respiratory illnesses surging during the same time period this year, a phenomenon that has been dubbed the “tripledemic” by many medical officials and media figures. In honor of National Influenza Vaccination Week, which runs from Dec. 5 to Dec. 12, officials with…

“I was always his excuse for sweets,” Olivia Micheel, 17, said of her late grandfather Lanny Heyden. “He was diabetic, so Grandma would never bake goodies. But with him, it was always, ‘Well, Livi said we needed ice cream!’ Or the store we’d stop at to get feed for his cows always had fresh donuts. …