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In the 1980s, when fashion was everything, Tifany Somer-Shely, MD, taught herself to sew.“As a 16-year-old, I didn’t have enough money from my part-time job to buy the clothes I wanted,” she said with a laugh. “And you know, I wanted to look cool.”Being a cashier at Richman Gordman paid her just eno…

She raised her hand.   Michelle Vanek, CMA, a certified medical assistant for Methodist Physicians Clinic, didn’t know exactly what she was volunteering for in March, but she knew she had to. Her supervisor, Joshua Harper, a Methodist Physicians Clinic operations manager, asked his Fremont…

It’s always a big breakfast and a big cup of coffee for Methodist Hospital progressive care nurse Emily Charvat, BSN, RN-BC. “You just never know when you’re going to be able to eat again,” she said. She chats with her almost 3-year-old, Ella. “I tell her, ‘Mommy has to go to work and help sick…

As Enrique Berrones, a cleaning technician at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, finishes removing his personal protective equipment, he extends his fist to a coworker walking by. Before he accepts a fist bump, Berrones quickly pulls his hand back, shakes his finger and chuckles, knowing handshake…

Think you need to be Wonder Woman or spend an hour at the gym to get all the benefits of working out? Nope! You just need to HIIT it!What is HIIT?HIIT, an acronym for High Intensity Interval Training, helps increase fat burning and improve endurance. The training technique is when you go “all out, o…

In the dark, early morning hours of yet another long and exhausting overnight shift, Paige Pioppi, MSN, AGACNP-C, remembers seeing light. The pulmonology and critical care nurse practitioner looked up from her desk at Methodist Fremont Health. Her eyes widened. Her jaw dropped. Based off improvi…

In a year of sacrifice and separation, we’re quickly approaching some of our most difficult choices yet: what to do about Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah.  The holidays couldn’t be happening at a worse time in the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases in our region and most of the country are out …

About 1,600 youths smoke their first cigarette and nearly 200 youths start smoking regularly each day in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2019, over 12% of middle school students and over 31% of high school students reported currently using a tobacco pr…

  Faith is important to Valerie Newton and her husband, Brian. The Omaha couple met on a mission trip. When they found out they were expecting twins 12 years later, “I prayed constantly that we would make it through with two healthy children,” Valerie said. And they did. But not without th…

At least 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and many more may not know they’re living with it.It can be a scary and challenging disease. And by its nature – causing airflow and breathing issues – COPD puts a person at higher risk for severe illness if they’re inf…