Chuck Brown

Cholesterol: Know your numbers!

Blood cholesterol is one of the most important markers of heart disease risk. High cholesterol increases your risk for heart attacks and strokes. Increasingly, we realize you need to know more than just your total cholesterol number.

Oct 17, 2006

Munroe-Meyer board president Goranson killed in car wreck

Carol Goranson, president of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Operating Board, died Thursday in an automobile accident.

Oct 17, 2006

About $1.6 million raised for Eppley Cancer Center

Preliminary numbers are in and, predictably, Friday’s Ambassador of Hope Gala proved to be a resounding success.

Oct 17, 2006

What it means to be a cancer survivor

Cancer survivors at Friday’s news conference with Tom Brokaw share what it meant to live through the disease.

Oct 16, 2006

Bellevue hospital plans moving along

Although the ground at the southwest corner of Highway 370 and 25th Street remains undisturbed, plans continue to move forward with the Bellevue Medical Center.

Oct 13, 2006

Top nanoscientists come out for UNMC-led convention

About 180 people, including some of the world’s finest nanoscientists, were
in Omaha this week for the 4th International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery
Symposium hosted by UNMC.

Oct 13, 2006

Activities, broadcast to highlight National Pharmacy Week

Nebraska Educational Telecommunications presentation of “Pharmacists: Unsung Heroes” on Sunday evening is one of many upcoming events being held in recognition of National Pharmacy Week.

Oct 13, 2006

Brokaw: ‘Places like this bring hope’

UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center is a place where hope lives, legendary newsman Tom Brokaw said Friday.

Oct 13, 2006

Peter Kiewit Foundation to give matching grant at AOH Gala

The Peter Kiewit Foundation has agreed to provide $500,000 in matching grants during tomorrow night’s Ambassador of Hope Gala at Omaha’s Qwest Center.

Oct 12, 2006

M3 poster contest winners take home $250

Senior medical students Joanna Quigley and Joseph McGargill were the winners in the recent M3 poster contest.

Oct 10, 2006