Victoria Cerino
Two nurse-managed health centers celebrate 10th anniversaries
The 10th anniversary of the UNMC College of Nursing’s two nurse-managed community health centers is a celebration of improved health of thousands and those whose lives have been saved. The college is celebrating 10 years of service of its Cosmopolitan-UNMC College of Nursing Mobile Nursing Center and the Family Health Care Center.
May 27, 2003
Kidney donor, recipient celebrate transplant anniversary
Ann Goldstein, 56, and Cheryl Cooper, 54,of Omaha, share more than their friendship. They have the same birthday and now share kidneys. A year ago, Cooper donated one of her kidneys to Goldstein.
May 22, 2003
Stroke screening event reveals underdiagnosed, untreated high blood pressure
About 100 people took part in a free stroke screening event Friday at UNMC/NHS.
The number of people whose blood pressure was elevated was “astounding,” a top stroke expert said.
May 19, 2003
UNMC research team publishes in journal, sheds light on deadly human virus
Many theories exist about why people, mostly children, get myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle that causes mild to severe disease, including death or the need for a heart transplant. The theory of a UNMC research team is featured as the cover story in the May 15 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
May 15, 2003
First UNMC undergraduate students place dental implants
Responding to increasing demand from Nebraska patients for dental implants, the UNMC College of Dentistry developed a program last fall to train undergraduate dental students in dental implants procedures. The college recently has had its first undergraduate students place implants in patients.
May 14, 2003
UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division hosts Asthma Awareness event
More than 100 people from the Scottsbluff area attended the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event hosted recently by the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division.
May 12, 2003
Nursing dean earns Distinguished Educator Award from Ohio State
The distinguished career of Ada Lindsey, Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Nursing, began in 1955 when she enrolled at The Ohio State University School of Nursing. Little did she know that 47 years later, she would receive a second prestigious award from her alma mater.
In late April, Dr. Lindsey received The Ohio State University College of Nursing Alumni Society’s Mildred E. Newton Distinguished Educator Award in Columbus, Ohio, during Annual Alumni Day.
May 9, 2003
UNMC nursing student ensures combat troops have creature comforts
Neither Cheryl Teel nor her husband of 2 1/2 years knew how war would change their lives.
Cheryl Teel’s second year in school at the UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division was interrupted and her plans for a May 2004 graduation changed. Teel, a Broken Bow native, left a familiar place in January for a place in the Kuwaiti desert halfway around the world to ultimately support Operation Iraqi Freedom.
May 7, 2003
State’s public health lab certified to test for smallpox virus
The Nebraska Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) is one of 23 labs in the country to receive certification by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct tests for the Variola (smallpox) virus in Nebraska.
May 5, 2003
Garagiola spreads word about dangers of chewing tobacco
Every chance he gets, Joe Garagiola spreads the word about the dangers of chewing tobacco — what he calls spit tobacco – a habit that causes 30,000 new cases of preventable oral cancer a year.
May 1, 2003