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A scary but very rare condition is back in the news and close to home.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 182 cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 39 states this year. There have been three confirmed cases in Nebraska, according to the state Department of Health an…

The pregnancy was the first surprise for an Omaha couple with no plans to expand their family.Hearing three heartbeats during an early ultrasound was an even greater shock for Amber Morgan and Dwaine Wright.Then a week later, the doctor confirmed something that even he couldn’t believe at first: The…

Wrapping dozens of wiggling kindergarten fingers in vividly colored casts is not the easiest task for even the most seasoned physician.Yet with the help of an experienced and good-natured medical staff, Methodist Health System’s Dr. Mark Pitner recently accomplished the feat in mere minutes, during …

The Geriatric Resource Nurse (GRN) program is part of an array of resources Methodist Health System offers as part of its strategic initiative to create systemwide solutions for the unique needs of older adults.As the senior population grows, these efforts – like the GRN program that help connect ag…

Alicia Whitehill, RN, a nurse in the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital critical care unit, was awarded a $3,500 scholarship from the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation (IHERF), which is supported by the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA).Whitehill, who is enrolled in the RN to MSN progra…

OMAHA –  Fresh off a record number of births in 2015, Methodist Women’s Hospital has received notification that it has become just the 11th hospital in the country to earn an Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care from The Joint Commission.Methodist Women’s Hospital is the first in Nebraska and ju…

CHI Health will end its valet service in mid-July at four of its six metro-area hospitals to save $400,000.Termination of the service at Lakeside Hospital, Immanuel Medical Center, Midlands Hospital in Papillion and Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs reflects the medical system’s commitment to cost re…

A steep drop in the death rate from heart disease and heart attacks is a success story of medicine and technology, with more episodes to come.Heart disease soon may drop behind cancer as the nation’s leading killer. Heart specialists credit drugs to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, the decline …

OMAHA – Dr. Adam D. Wells has been drawn to medicine and caring for others since childhood. Why the interest? He had a good role model.“My dad was a physician assistant in a small town, so I got to grow up seeing him take care of all the people in a very small farming community,” said Dr. Wells, who…

OMAHA – In over 20 years as a surgeon, Dr. Tom White has been involved with about 4,000 laparoscopic weight loss procedures.A surgery might take 30 minutes, “but you can make a pronounced effect on people’s lives,” he said.Dr. White has joined the Methodist bariatric surgery staff. He previously was…