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Maysen Lake didn’t expect to deliver her first child at 34 weeks. But she found herself at Methodist Women’s Hospital in February after being diagnosed with preeclampsia and learning that her liver enzymes were at dangerously high levels. When Maysen, 27, gave birth to her son, Mac, on Feb. 23, he …

When it comes to seniors and their health, age really is just a number.Some people in their 80s or 90s are very active and have few medical problems, while some younger people have a variety of issues. There is no road map for what happens at a certain age. No two patients are alike.But there is som…

  Becky Jizba, MSN, MBA, RN  Becky Jizba, MSN, MBA, RN, is as passionate about serving her country as she is caring for others. She was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 2013 to 2017, using her nursing skills to lead and train a unit of about 30. “I always wanted to serve m…

The number of heart disease-related deaths has declined for decades in the United States, a trend cardiologists attribute largely to the decline in smoking, the recognition and treatment of hypertension and high cholesterol and newer treatments. “We’re capturing a lot of these patients earlier,” sa…

Over the past 25 years, Methodist Health System and Oracle Cerner have worked together to improve the patient and caregiver experience in Omaha and the surrounding communities. Continuing to deepen the relationship, Methodist recently committed to a 10-year contract extension. In the years sinc…

An Omaha couple finds out they're pregnant and then have the baby in just 48 hours. Doctors had to perform an emergency c-section to save mom and child. Peyton Stover, 23, thought she was just feeling the effects of her new job. Then her legs started to swell and after her mom pushed her to go to …

Dr. Sumit Mukherjee, left, and David Burd, president and CEO of Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital   Sumit Mukherjee, MD, has been honored with an Iowa Hospital Association Hospital Hero award for demonstrating exceptional commitment to care and service. Dr. Mukherjee – a pulmonologist …

In the two years since opening the Adam M. Koslosky Reflection Garden, patients and their families, even exhausted doctors and staff have found their way to the garden. But Kathy Kolosky said they had to walk down a path that was missing something.“They’d come out the door and think they were on a l…

Are you on any medications? It’s a question you’ve likely been asked when visiting your health care provider. But do you really need to report everything – even the same daily multivitamin you’ve been taking for months? The short answer is yes. And for good reason.   What We Need To Know Abo…