Margaret Bumann UNMC public affairs
Study shows pain relief possible from dietary supplements
Results of a National Institutes of Health funded trial show the combination of glucosamine and chondroitin work as well or better in relieving knee pain from moderate to severe osteo-arthritis than standard prescription therapy.
Feb 23, 2006
Standard treatments not very effective for rare lymphoma
UNMC researchers are presenting important findings this week that could lead to dramatic changes in diagnosing and treating T-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Dec 12, 2005
UNMC, UNL’s tiny robots invade newspapers
You could call it the invasion of the mini-robots from Nebraska. They surfaced in Seattle, San Jose, Myrtle Beach, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C.. and as far away as Great Britain, Africa, Australia and China. That’s just a small sampling of where a Nebraska-born technological triumph surfaced in newspapers, publications and other media worldwide, thanks to an Associated Press story that was picked up last week by nearly 200 news outlets.
Oct 31, 2005
Study shows deadly infections can be treated, prevented
Mark Rupp, M.D., professor of internal medicine at UNMC, was lead author of a nine-center study, which evaluated a new kind of central venous catheter designed to help reduce nosocomial infections, a leading cause of hospital deaths in the United States. The study was published recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Oct 26, 2005
With the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk to Cure Diabetes set for Aug. 6, Margaret Bumann of UNMC’s Public Affairs writes about living with diabetes.
Jul 12, 2005
UNMC conducts study on breast cancer vaccine
UNMC researchers are conducting a unique vaccine trial for breast cancer patients with non-metastatic disease. Researchers believe giving the vaccine to patients at an earlier stage of cancer may produce a better chance of preventing a recurrence and cause regression of any remaining disease.
Jun 17, 2005
UNMC researchers tackle most lethal form of cancer
UNMC researchers Tony Hollingsworth, Ph.D., and Surinder Batra, Ph.D., received a $3.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, to make earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer a reality. Drs. Hollingsworth and Batra are two of many investigators at UNMC who received a total of more than $17 million in research grants in the last three months of 2004. That’s a 76 percent increase over the same period in 2003.
May 10, 2005
Peck honored for work with women, children
Magda Peck, Sc.D., has championed women’s and children’s health for much of her professional life. On Thursday, UNMC’s professor of pediatrics was nationally recognized for her work when she was named an “Outstanding Leader” by the Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology.
Dec 10, 2004