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“Every smoker quits about a half dozen times before they actually do it,” says Bob Dearing. “I think the longest I had went without one was probably about a week and then I’d start up again. I’d find some excuse to smoke again.” It wasn’t until he started working at Methodist Hospital as a patient …

A unique program partnership between Methodist Fremont Health and the Fremont Public Schools has given local high school students the opportunity to chase their dreams of becoming a healthcare worker after graduation. The School to Career program at Fremont Public Schools allows for students at Fre…

Shawn Shanahan-Brown, director of Fremont Health Foundation, is inviting people to enjoy some 1920s-style fun, while benefitting a modern-day project: the purchase of a new linear accelerator that provides targeted radiation therapy to cancer patients in need. The annual Fremont Health Foundation G…

February is National Heart Month and for two sisters from the Glenwood area, it’s the perfect time to promote cardiac care and services available to Mills County residents in need of treatment for heart-related conditions.Marcia Keith, the Service Leader for the Cardiovascular Service Line at Method…

This six-week program, led by Methodist Fremont Health’s registered dietitians, steers clear of fad diets and focuses on proper nutrition and behavior modification to help participants start a healthy weight management journey. When: Tuesdays, March 7 - April 11 (English) 5 - 6 p.m. What: …

A rectal suppository isn’t a prescription most people want to fill. Even worse, having to do it twice in one go. Tyler Brisso, a fourth-year pharmacy student and Methodist employee, was tasked with creating a solution where both the patient and pharmacy benefit. “So what I found is the desired str…

She wasn’t expecting to be wowed or amazed during her mother’s MRI and CT scan at Methodist Hospital in May. Taking her mother to various Methodist appointments had become rather routine for Sue Burger, who claims her mother would never go anywhere else.“We’re a Methodist family,” Sue said. “We’ve a…

Patient care pharmacist Paula Chicoine checks in with a patient at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Rose Pangburn doesn’t remember the first few days of her stay at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in December. But she’ll never forget the result of her care – and how it extended past her…

Janelle McCormack Methodist Physicians Clinic pulmonologist Adam Wells, MD, cares for patients with a variety of respiratory conditions, including pneumonia, COPD, COVID-19 and lung cancer. But even with his years of experience, a patient’s diagnosis and treatment plan aren’t always obvious.That wa…

As the Landas family prepared for the final chapter of Gary Landas' life, it turned out the goodbyes would have to wait. Gary never told his family, but he was an organ donor. "He was a little on the fence whether he would be comfortable with that," said his wife, Cathy. "And then we didn’t talk a…