Press Release
UNMC Researchers to Study Thalidomide as Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has begun a six-month research project to test thalidomide as a possible treatment for people with Alzheimers disease. In the 1960s, the drug was known for causing severe birth defects. It was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for a skin condition associated […]
Jan 8, 1999
Texas A&M Scientist Named Director of UNMC’s New Center for Molecular Genetics
A leading scientist at Texas A&M University, Richard Finnell, Ph.D., has been named director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s new Center for Molecular Genetics and professor of cell biology and anatomy. Dr. Finnell, 44, has been with the Texas College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University in College Station since 1991, serving […]
Jan 8, 1999
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing will offer a course titled, “Managing Life with Mental Illness.” The course is for those with major depression, schizophrenia, manic-depressive illnesses, their family, friends and health care professionals. The course will run from 6:15 to 9:15 p.m. on 13 consecutive Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 2 through April […]
Jan 6, 1999
UNMC Research Study Shows Parents Prefer Cry it Out’ Approaches to Bedtime Problems
University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers recently found surprising information on parents preference to their childrens bedtime problems. Previous studies have shown that parents do not like their children to cry it out. But a survey of 2,000 parents in the Omaha area shows they overwhelmingly prefer three cry it out strategies for their […]
Dec 22, 1998
UNMC Study Reveals Growing Gambling Addiction Among Omaha’s Older Adults
Theres a little known addition affecting a growing number of older adults in the Omaha area. The increasing problem of gambling addictions among the elderly has been the focus of a University of Nebraska Medical Center study. Dennis McNeilly, Psy.D., geriatric psychiatry, uncovered the problem three years ago when he was asked to evaluate a […]
Dec 22, 1998
Nebraska Native Receives Honor for International Work, Contribution in Transcultural Nursing
An Omaha nurse and anthropologist known internationally as the founder of transcultural nursing, Madeleine Leininger, Ph.D., was recently honored with the Living Legend award by the American Academy of Nursing. A native of Sutton, Neb., Dr. Leininger, 72, teaches at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Omaha. One of the academys […]
Dec 22, 1998
Omahan Fulfills Dream to be a Nurse After 21 Years
Its been 21 years, but her dream of being a nurse is now a reality. JoPhena Simpson, 35, graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Dec. 18. She can tell you the defining moment in her life when she decided she wanted to be a nurse. She was 14-years-old at home […]
Dec 18, 1998
195 UNMC Students to Receive Diplomas In Kearney, Omaha, Scottsbluff at Commencements
Diplomas will be conferred on 195 University of Nebraska Medical Center students this month during commencement ceremonies in Kearney, Omaha, Lincoln and Scottsbluff. In Kearney, UNMC commencement will be on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital hall on the Kearney campus. In Omaha, UNMC commencement will be on Friday, Dec. […]
Dec 15, 1998
A grant awarded to the University of Nebraska Medical Center by the Partnership for Quality Education, provides doctors in training — medical residents — a first-hand look at managed care systems. Grants were awarded to 64 academic health center and community residency programs across the country through the Pew Charitable Trusts grant to the Partnership […]
Dec 1, 1998
A team of researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has identified an enzyme potentially involved in the growth of aortic aneurysms a silent condition that, when ruptured, claims the lives of 15,000 Americans each year. The discovery, reported in the October issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology the Journal of the American […]
Dec 1, 1998