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Campus forums for faculty and staff are scheduled for today and Wednesday.

Nov 6, 2007

UNMC researchers find exercise could help heart failure patients

UNMC researchers are encouraged by results of a pilot study showing exercise may be effective in improving the health and quality of life of heart failure patients.

Nov 6, 2007

Public to discuss Saddle Creek Road relocation study on Nov. 14

Destination Midtown, in partnership with the City of Omaha and UNMC, will host a public information meeting about the Saddle Creek Road Relocation Feasibility Study on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Omaha Public Schools TAC Building cafeteria, 3215 Cuming St.

Nov 6, 2007

Million-step Monday — Kim Minino to be honored Thursday

Kim Minino, who was one of the first UNMC employees to finish the 1 Million Step Challenge, will be honored at dinner Thursday with the William M. Kizer Light of Wellness Award.

Nov 5, 2007

Legislative staffers tour UNMC

Away from the State Capitol, about 35 legislative staff members spent Tuesday morning participating in problem-based learning scenarios, observing a child with a feeding disorder receiving treatment and learning about the affects of alcohol on the cilia in the lungs at UNMC.

Nov 5, 2007

Lincoln’s assassination focus of Smithsonian presentation

The Durham Western Heritage Museum is back on campus once again with a Smithsonian Lecture given by Anthony Pitch about the death of Abraham Lincoln.

Nov 5, 2007

South Omaha health fair caps Bi-National Health Week

UNMC along with its Mobile Nursing Center (MNC) recently teamed up with other health agencies to provide a community health fair. The event brought 1,200 people through the doors of Metropolitan Community College’s South Omaha campus for various screenings. It was the culmination of Bi-National Health week, which ran Oct. 15-20.

Nov 5, 2007

Schwartz Center Rounds to focus on care conflicts

A case involving a diabetic nursing home patient in Douglas County who wished to return to her community will be examined during Monday’s Schwartz Center Rounds.

Nov 2, 2007

Core Facility Focus on the Eppley Histology Laboratory

The Eppley Histology Core Facility is one of several Core facilities available for use by UNMC researchers.

Nov 2, 2007

Epilepsy exhibit on display in outpatient center lobby

“Living with epilepsy: freedom to be …” a photography exhibit that highlights patients living with epilepsy, is on display in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium now through Nov. 12.

Nov 2, 2007