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UNMC research may help fight prostate cancer
Researchers at UNMC have reported the findings of a new study that sheds light on a mechanism involved in the pathological destruction of bone caused by metastatic prostate cancer. The findings provide critical insight into the process of prostate cancer-driven bone destruction and identify a treatment that may interrupt bone disease caused by the spread of prostate cancer. The research is published in the cover story in the May issue of Cancer Cell, a leading scientific journal.
May 17, 2005
Husker coach goes on offense against breast cancer
Nebraska Cornhusker Football Coach Bill Callahan has gone on the offense in the fight against breast cancer. Having lost both of his parents to cancer — his mother to breast cancer – he’s making a play to find ways to prevent and cure cancer.
May 16, 2005
May 20 golf tourney to raise funds for disabilities programs
The C. Louis Meyer Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc., invites the public to participate in the Tee-Up for Disabilities Golf Tournament Friday, May 20, at the Tregaron Golf Course in Bellevue, 13909 Glengarry Circle.
May 16, 2005
National officials impressed by STATPack
Three officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Public Health Laboratory (APHL) recently spent two days in Nebraska as part of a site visit for the APHL Private-Public Laboratory Integration Project.
May 16, 2005
Students collaborate on volunteer project
Last month, 16 UNMC medical students and 26 middle and high school students made 30 fleece lap cozies and decorated 140 pillowcases with brightly colored fabric markers to donate to children in local hospitals or shelters. The April 16 volunteer project was part of National Youth Service Day, the world’s largest volunteer service event.
May 13, 2005
UNMC grad pursues career in mental healing
While there is a major need for diversity in all areas of health services, there is an especially severe shortage of psychiatric specialists of color. This was just one of several motivating factors that led Hope Jackson-Konnath to graduate today as a psychiatric nurse practitioner from the UNMC College of Nursing.
May 13, 2005
Med center has state’s only JCAHO certified stroke center
The Nebraska Medical Center’s stroke program has received the “Gold Seal of Approval” from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) making it the first and only nationally certified stroke center in Nebraska.
May 13, 2005
Dental hygiene rotation at Pine Ridge
Four dental hygiene students from the UNMC College of Dentistry West Division in Scottsbluff, Neb., reflect on their rotation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in S.D.
May 12, 2005
Three to be honored at May 13 commencement
UNMC will honor three individuals for their dedication and support to UNMC and the health professions during Friday’s commencement ceremony in Omaha.
May 11, 2005
Medical research advocates honored
“Survival” for Rik Bonness, a former college and NFL football player, took on new meaning 13 years ago when his sons – his youngest at age 4 and, three years later, his oldest at age 9 — were diagnosed with juvenile (Type I) diabetes and required constant finger pokes and insulin injections to stay alive.
May 11, 2005