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Dr. Mueller has ideas about cutting health care costs
Keith Mueller, Ph.D., director of the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has a few ideas about cutting health care costs, including transforming how health care services are financed and delivered.
Oct 20, 2006
Reaccreditation process has lasting value
UNMC officials find reaccreditation process provides valuable insights into how the institution functions.
Oct 20, 2006
Maurers to be honored by Children’s Square U.S.A.
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife, Beverly, will be honored by Children’s Square U.S.A. on Tuesday at a dinner in Council Bluffs. Tickets for the event can be purchased today by calling 322-3700.
Oct 20, 2006
Dr. Swindells is cautiously optimistic about new AIDS developments
In late September, in a major shift of policy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all teenagers and most adults aged 13-64 have HIV tests as part of routine medical care. UNMC’s Dr. Susan Swindells says she is cautiously optimistic about the new developments.
Oct 19, 2006
Nursing student earns scholarship from national group
Elisa Znamenacek, a student in UNMC’s College of Nursing Lincoln Division, received the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Breakthrough to Nursing Scholarship this year.
Oct 19, 2006
Planning helps take and keep the weight off
Dr. James T. Lane offers tips on dropping pounds and staying fit.
Oct 18, 2006
Medicine alums reunite in Omaha
As part of its yearlong 125th anniversary celebration, the UNMC College of Medicine held a two-day party Oct. 6-7 for some of its biggest supporters – the alumni – and more than 150 alums returned to Omaha for the festivities.
Oct 18, 2006
UNMC hosts national Gram-postive pathogens conference
Some of the world’s leading researchers in Gram-positive pathogens are in Omaha this week for a UNMC-hosted national conference on the subject.
Oct 18, 2006
Cholesterol: Know your numbers!
Blood cholesterol is one of the most important markers of heart disease risk. High cholesterol increases your risk for heart attacks and strokes. Increasingly, we realize you need to know more than just your total cholesterol number.
Oct 17, 2006
Munroe-Meyer board president Goranson killed in car wreck
Carol Goranson, president of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Operating Board, died Thursday in an automobile accident.
Oct 17, 2006