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Study: Antibiotics overprescribed for sinus infections
Antibiotics are likely being overprescribed for many sinus infections, according to a study by UNMC researchers that was published in the March issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Mar 20, 2007
Dr. Ghorpade receives 2007 Gilmore Award
In the highly competitive world of biomedical research, Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D. — recipient of the 2007 Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award — may be an anomaly. Although most researchers are encouraged to find their niche at another institution after completing post-doctoral fellowships, Dr. Ghorpade has spent her entire 12-year career at UNMC.
Mar 19, 2007
Gilmore Award presentation information
Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D., will receive the Joseph P. Gilmore Award on Tuesday, March 20 at 2:30 p.m. in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.
Mar 19, 2007
Medical center offering breakthrough prostate cancer therapy
A new kind of radiation therapy is targeting cancer the same way a Global Positioning System, or GPS, pinpoints the location of your car. The Calypso 4D Localization System is now being offered to prostate cancer patients at The Nebraska Medical Center, one of only five medical centers worldwide to attain the Calypso technology.
Mar 19, 2007
Employee forums tackle pay, positions and policies
Salaries, planning for avian flu and updates to UNMC’s revised leave policies took center stage at last week’s Employee Forums. More than 250 people attended the two Employee Forums last week in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.
Mar 19, 2007
Dr. Freifeld helps shape cancer treatment guidelines
UNMC’s Alison Freifeld, M.D., spoke at the 12th annual conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), advising medical colleagues in oncology representing cancer centers across the country on the prevention and treatment of infections in patients with cancer.
Mar 19, 2007
South Omaha historian Gary Kastrick gave a lecture on campus Tuesday about how the south part of town became an essential part of the city.
Mar 16, 2007
Tears followed a sigh of relief for Katie Monson as she stood on stage at Joslyn Art Museum’s Witherspoon Hall with her fiance, John Black. The couple, who will graduate from the UNMC College of Medicine and get married in May, learned they would both be heading to the University of Virginia for their residencies. Black and Monson were among the 119 fourth-year medical students from UNMC who learned Thursday where they would do their residencies.
Mar 16, 2007
Heidi Joy performs a wide variety of genres from jazz, gospel, inspirational and spiritual to funk, blues, rock and classical. On Thursday, she lit up the Durham Outpatient Center Atrium for approximately 130 people who shared their lunch hour with the Omaha native.
Mar 16, 2007