Press Release
Nebraska Sen. Flood speaks at UNMC Delegates event
UNMC is a growing world-class institution because of the talented people who not only work at UNMC, but those who are vital advocates for UNMC. Despite frigid temperatures, members of the UNMC Delegates program showed up in force Jan. 14 to hear guest speaker, Nebraska State Senator and Speaker of the Legislature, Mike […]
Jan 22, 2009
Nebraskans on waiting list for federal HIV drug support
Nebraska has joined Montana and Indiana as states that have placed patients on waiting lists for federal aid to pay for HIV/AIDS drugs. About a dozen patients in Nebraska are now on a waiting list, said Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., medical director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center HIV Clinic. "This federal support is […]
Jan 22, 2009
UNMC opens new office to provide assistance to clinical study participants
In an effort to make clinical research trials more comfortable for participants, the University of Nebraska Medical Center has created a Research Subject Advocate office (RSA). The new office will be headed by Bruce Buehler, M.D., former director of UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute and chairman of the department of pediatrics, and Deb Meyer, a research nurse […]
Jan 16, 2009
A University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher, Duygu Dee Harrison-Findik, Ph.D., has received a five-year, $1.1 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the regulation of iron metabolism in alcoholic liver disease. Iron is essential to the body, as it is an oxygen-carrying mineral that boosts a person’s immune system, […]
Jan 15, 2009
A team of University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers has found that a naturally-occurring enzyme in the human brain can reduce the effects of oxidative stress on brain cells. Oxidative stress is the key factor in damage caused by epilepsy, stroke, dementia and ocular diseases. In laboratory studies on brain cells, the enzyme — known […]
Jan 13, 2009
Warren Buffett contributes autographed boots to Cattlemen’s Ball auction
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska got an unexpected boost — and some unexpected boots — this week for its upcoming "Famous Boots Auction" thanks to Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett. Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., autographed a pair of cowboy boots donated by The Boot Rack in Albion, Neb., and Justin […]
Jan 7, 2009
Columnist Janice Gilmore to speak at UNMC/Nebraska Medical Center Martin Luther King Jr. Day event
Omaha World-Herald columnist Janice Gilmore will deliver a commemorative address on the UNMC campus on Monday, Jan. 19 to honor slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. Gilmore’s speech, which is sponsored by UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center, will be in the Truhlsen Campus Events Center on the first floor of the Sorrell […]
Jan 6, 2009
New invention brings success to lifestyle behavior modification
It’s that time of year again — the dreaded New Year’s resolution. Will you have success this year? A group of inventors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have developed a new tool to help you reach your goals. The tool is called the A-Wrist-A-Trac. A-Wrist-A-Trac is a […]
Jan 6, 2009
American Association for the Advancement of Science honors UNMC’s Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington D.C., has honored Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., ofthe University of Nebraska Medical Center, as an AAAS fellow. Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers for their efforts to advance science. Dr. Harman is the Emeritus […]
Dec 19, 2008
UNMC College of Nursing researchers find ways to improve sleep during breast cancer treatment
For most women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, fatigue affects the ability to be the kind of wife, mother and employee they want to be. Some women are so affected by fatigue during therapy that they decide to end cancer treatment. “We know how to treat the pain and nausea of cancer treatment, but fatigue […]
Dec 18, 2008