Press Release
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
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
HHS grant will provide more than $4 million of support over next four years
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Earns Clinical Cancer Center Designation The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Eppley Cancer Center has earned the clinical cancer center designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This designation recognizes that the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center has strong cancer research programs in both basic sciences as well as clinical research on […]
Aug 29, 2000
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry are involved in a nationwide study that could become the first new treatment for depression in 50 years. Out of more than 100 sites that applied to participate in the study, UNMC was one of 20 centers selected to test the safety and effectiveness […]
Aug 29, 2000
Physician Office Compliance to be Discussed
UNMC, Kutak Rock Offer October Legal Seminar The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Kutak Rock is sponsoring its Ninth Annual Healthcare Law Institute titled “Physician Office Compliance in a Changing Environment,” Friday, Oct. 6. Physicians, risk mangers and health care administrators are invited to attend the one-day conference at the W.H. Thompson Alumni Center […]
Aug 29, 2000