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UNMC College of Public Health hands out year-end awards
A champion for statewide public health, a scientist researching the use of asthma medication in schools and a student who transcended a traumatic experience to become a proponent for the disabled received this year’s College of Public Health awards for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The awards were handed out at the college’s […]
Jun 12, 2007
Cancer Survivor Takes Tractor on the Road for Second Year in a Row
Cancer survivor Bob Husz will once again trek across Iowa as part of the Second Annual Tractor Ride Against Cancer (T.R.A.C.) June 11-15. The 250 mile journey along Highway 34 is a grassroots effort to raise funds and support for hematological malignancy (blood-related) cancer and solid tumor cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical […]
Jun 11, 2007
Funeral services held for UNMC pediatrician, Dr. Hobart Wiltse
Funeral services were held Monday in Omaha for Hobart “Hobe” Wiltse, M.D., Ph.D., retired professor in the UNMC Department of Pediatrics, who died on June 6 from lung cancer. Dr. Wiltse, 75, retired in 2002 after 37 years on the faculty. He was well known for his caring demeanor and for giving his time […]
Jun 11, 2007
Funeral services held for wife of legendary UNMC physician
Funeral services were held May 30 in Omaha for Mary Ann “Maisie” Paustian, wife of Fred Paustian, M.D., a legendary gastroenterologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Maisie Paustian, 78, died May 25 at Brookestone nursing home from complications of diabetes and multiple strokes. The couple had been married for more than 53 […]
Jun 6, 2007
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing have launched a $1.9 million, five-year study that aims to use lifestyle changes to prevent hypertension in women at risk. Pre-hypertensive women are not candidates for drug therapy, however, lifestyle modifications can prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease in many women. The study will […]
Jun 4, 2007
A research team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has determined that a common device used in hospitals around the country might put patients at greater risk for developing a bloodstream infection. The findings were reported in the June 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, a leading scientific journal. The device – a […]
May 30, 2007
UNMC College of Dentistry to provide free dental services to Panhandle youths
Eighty students, dental faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will spend May 31 through June 2 tending to the oral health of 200 children in western Nebraska. This is the fourth year in which the dental college will travel across the state to offer dental services, at no cost, […]
May 29, 2007
Legislative bill would benefit families impacted by autism
Early intervention is the key to successfully dealing with autism. Now, thanks to a bill in the Nebraska legislature, more families should be able to get the early intervention that their child needs. The bill, LB 482, is under consideration for signature by Gov. Dave Heineman. If signed into law, the bill would provide […]
May 24, 2007
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has received a gift of more than $600,000, made through the University of Nebraska Foundation. With the gift the college has established the Bertha Pankratz Endowed Chair in Nursing. Pankratz, who was born in Omaha and grew up and spent most of her life in […]
May 22, 2007
UNMC to be site for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma immunotherapy trial
Genitope Corporation (NASDAQ: GTOP) today announced the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of MyVax® personalized immunotherapy following primary treatment with rituximab and chemotherapy (R-Chemo) for follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (fNHL). MyVax® personalized immunotherapy is based on the unique genetic makeup of a patient’s own tumor and is designed to activate the […]
May 21, 2007