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UNMC opens low vision clinic in Lincoln
The Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is now operating a low vision clinic in Lincoln.
Feb 18, 2014
Dr. Casey receives grant to study liver metastases in colorectal cancer
Carol Casey, Ph.D., professor, internal medicine-gastroenterology, received a two-year award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study liver metastases in colorectal cancer.
She is part of a multiple primary investigator project with Peter Thomas, Ph.D., professor of surgery at Creighton University.
Feb 18, 2014
UNMC researchers show vitamin D holds promise for chronic hives relief
A study by UNMC researchers shows vitamin D as an add-on therapy could provide some relief for chronic hives, a condition with no cure and few treatment options.
Feb 18, 2014
Researchers bring in $5.2 million during December
College of Medicine faculty received 24 awards representing more than $5.2 million in new funding during December.
Feb 18, 2014
Med student joins program to provide surgical care to poor countries
Eric Nagengast, a UNMC medical student, is working in the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School. The program works to provide surgical care for low income countries.
Jan 24, 2014
News briefs
The Nebraska Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation raised nearly $1.14 million in 2013 thanks in large part to combined events, new donors and increased momentum for the organization.
Jan 24, 2014
Industry-sponsored grants
Uriel Sandkovsky, M.D., internal medicine – infectious diseases, for a study comparing the safety and effectiveness of a new antiviral single dose combination given once daily with conventional antiviral combination therapies in HIV-1, ART naïve women. Dr. Sandkovsky will lead the sole Nebraska site for this study which is currently recruiting participants.
Jan 23, 2014
UNMC study results encouraging for women with recurrent ovarian cancer
A new study by UNMC and Roswell Park Cancer Institute shows that a combination treatment strategy may provide a new option for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.
Jan 23, 2014
Department Profile – Division of Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine
Division Chair: Jane Potter, M.D.
Number of people in the division:
•UNMC employees: 8 faculty + 1 fellow + 14 staff = 23 total
•UNMC Physicians employees: 6 staff
Jan 23, 2014
UNMC physician serves as advisor to TV program
Fans of the televised drama “Nashville” may have been affected by the pregnancy storyline that Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s character, Peggy Kenter, underwent earlier this year — but they may not have known that some of the medical nuts and bolts behind that storyline were supplied by UNMC’s Paul Paulman, M.D., family medicine.
Jan 23, 2014
