Press Release
The University of Nebraska Medical Center invites people with brain injuries and their families to complete a survey to identify the kinds of services available to them as well as any gaps in services. The statewide survey, which has been conducted by the Nebraska Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board and the Nebraska Department of Education […]
Oct 6, 2000
Proceeds To Go Toward UNMC Eppley Cancer Center:
Nebraska Florists To Raise Money for Cancer Research Activities through Bouquet of Hope Program during October Flowers are a great way to express ones feelings. Now, people who send flowers during the month of October also can send a message of support for cancer research through the Bouquet of Hope program involving 21 florists in […]
Sep 28, 2000
UNMC, NHS to Host Johns Hopkins Expert Oct. 9, 10 on High Blood Pressure:
Condition Can be More Devastating for Young Urban Black Men Its estimated that one in four American adults has high blood pressure, yet nearly one-third with the condition don’t know they have it. High blood pressure, which can lead to heart disease and stroke, has no symptoms. In the at-risk group of young urban black […]
Sep 25, 2000
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center to host first citywide Candlelight Vigil of Hope and Remembrance
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center will serve as host to its first citywide Candlelight Vigil of Hope and Remembrance on Friday, Oct. 6, beginning at 7 p.m., at 42nd and Dewey Avenue Circle. The one-hour vigil by candlelight is being held to remember the loved ones Nebraskans have lost to cancer […]
Sep 25, 2000
Any Facility With Satellite Downlink Can Receive the Mini-Med Series Live;
UNMC Sponsors Free Mini-Medical School Series on Brain Disease in Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Grand Island, Kearney, North Platte and Scottsbluff Within this century, brain disease and injuries of the brain such as Alzheimers disease, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinsons disease and others — will rival heart disease as the leading cause of disability and death in the […]
Sep 16, 2000
Women are invited to attend the third annual Omaha Womens Health and Wellness Conference — Empowering Women for Healthy Living — on Friday, Oct. 20, from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Omaha Marriott Regency, 10220 Regency Circle. The conference will include about 25 educational health and wellness exhibits and screenings, continental breakfast and […]
Sep 14, 2000
Will handle up to 500 surgeries in his first year;
Dr. Imran Alam Brings Advanced Surgical Monitoring System to UNMC/NHS All surgeons rely upon complex systems to monitor what is beyond the structures and tissues immediately in front of them, and physicians who operate on the brain and spinal cord are especially meticulous when monitoring a patient. Imran Alam, M.D., a new physician at the […]
Sep 11, 2000
U.S. Air Force Creates the Jesse Edwards Award for Top Physician Assistants
In 1946, Jesse Edwards, a fresh-faced kid from Mineral Wells, Tex., stood on the parade ground at his U.S. Air Force boot camp and wondered what he would be assigned for specialized training. The top sergeant called out Edwards name and 74 others and said, Congratulations, gentlemen, youre all going to be medics. By simple […]
Sep 11, 2000
Bruce Chabner, M.D., will deliver the third Carol Bell Lectureship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Sept. 7. Dr. Chabner is director of the Clinical Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, in Boston and chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Chabner was formerly the director […]
Sep 4, 2000
UNMC/NHS Creates Medical Vocabulary for Computers, Clinicians Several years ago, clinicians and computers didn’t speak the same language. Today, they can because of a multi-year effort by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System to identify, clarify and code existing medical terminology into a language understood by man and machine. IDX Systems […]
Aug 29, 2000