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Web-based study hopes to improve health of African Americans
Researchers at UNMC and Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Va., are collaborating on a unique study to evaluate whether an Internet-based program will help African American women living in rural areas improve their health. The program will focus on weight loss, healthy eating and increased activity.
Feb 8, 2006
MMI AmeriCorps hosts Child ID Day
The UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute’s AmeriCorps recently held its second Child ID Day. In all, 48 children were fingerprinted and photographed using ID kits.
Feb 7, 2006
Vassar to perform at Cattlemen’s Ball near Milford
Country artist Phil Vassar will perform at the 2006 Cattlemen’s Ball on June 3 near Milford, Neb., approximately 25 miles west of Lincoln.
Feb 7, 2006
Drs. Pamies, Satcher schedule on-campus book signing
On Saturday, Rubens Pamies, M.D., UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies, and David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., interim president of Morehouse School of Medicine and former U.S. Surgeon General, will give a special presentation and sign copies of their book, “Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities.”
Feb 7, 2006
UNMC pressure ulcer expert named to national panel
Joyce Black, Ph.D., UNMC College of Nursing associate professor and expert on pressure ulcers, recently was appointed as president of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.
Feb 6, 2006
UNMC physicians on Best Doctors list
Selected by their peers, 182 UNMC physicians are recognized as being among the Best Doctors in America. Physicians are selected on the basis of the question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?”
Feb 3, 2006
Ted Kooser is more than a collector of poetry prizes. The poet laureate of the United States and Pulitzer prize winner also is a survivor of head and neck cancer.
Feb 2, 2006
HIV/AIDS awareness day features week of activities
The sixth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is Tuesday, Feb. 7, but a week’s worth of HIV/AIDS-related educational activities are planned in Omaha. This year’s activities run from Feb. 4 -10.
Feb 2, 2006
South Omaha clinic changes name, relocates
UNMC announced today that its South Omaha Neighborhood Association (SONA) clinic is moving into bigger space and changing its name. The move and name change will occur this week as the SONA Clinic at 31st & Q Streets closes its doors today and moves all health care services five blocks west to 36th & Q Streets. The clinic will reopen Monday as the UNMC Community Health Center.
Feb 1, 2006
Childhood cancer survivor receives new heart
As a child, 25-year-old Chris Collins won a hard fought battle with cancer. Now, as an adult, the Council Bluffs, Iowa, man is doing well in the days after receiving a new heart.
Feb 1, 2006