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Researching family dynamics when an infant has colic

Do you have an infant with colic? Researchers at the UNMC College of Nursing are conducting a study to explore and describe mothers’ experiences of parenting an irritable infant.

Feb 22, 2005

UNMC Eppley Cancer Center to sell ‘Hope’ bracelets

In the fight against cancer, Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., has always had hope. Now, the director of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, would like to share that hope on the wrist of every Nebraskan.

As a result, the Friends of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Cener are selling Nebraska-red “Hope” bracelets to raise awareness about cancer. Find out how how you can own a ‘Hope’ bracelet.

Feb 21, 2005

Black history program Feb. 24 on health care

The history and challenge of health disparities afflicting African Americans will be the subject of a conversation between two of Omaha’s leading health professionals and experts on the issue on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

Feb 18, 2005

Two honored at cardiovascular research symposium

A UNMC faculty member and a cardiology fellow took top honors in the poster contests at the Ninth Annual Cardiovascular Research Symposium at UNMC on Friday, Feb. 4.

Feb 17, 2005

Enhanced MRI technique could lead to earlier diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease

Investigators at UNMC have developed an enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique, which permits earlier diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of Parkinson’s disease in rodents. The breakthrough, which could be translated for human use, appears this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, the leading publication for basic scientists and clinicians who study the function of the nervous system.

Feb 16, 2005

LeeRoy Meyer, M.D., legendary educator at UNMC, dies

LeeRoy Meyer, M.D., a pioneer for more than 35 years in the education of medical students at UNMC, died Sunday, Feb. 13, from pneumonia. The internal medicine professor was 69.

Feb 15, 2005

Volunteer faculty honored for service to UNMC

The following are highlights from the UNMC College of Medicine Volunteer Faculty Awards program for the second half of 2004. The program recognizes outstanding volunteer faculty members for their contributions to the campus, classroom and clinical settings.

Feb 14, 2005

German student hones lab skills in U.S.

An overseas internship is helping Katrin Montzka of Aachen, Germany, fine-tune her research and English skills. Montzka, a student at the University of Applied Sciences of Aachen in Juelich, Germany, has been working in the UNMC laboratory of Claudia Kappen, Ph.D., since September 2004. She will return to Germany at the end of February.

Feb 11, 2005

UNMC employee helps children with hair loss

Sitting in the salon chair, Cara Mouw slid the dark brown braid – all 14.5 inches of it — into a plastic bag and later a padded envelope for its cross country trip to Florida.

Mouw, an administrative technician in the Dean’s Office at the UNMC College of Nursing, cut her below waist-length hair after Christmas and donated it to Locks of Love, a not-for-profit organization that provides custom-fitted hairpieces made entirely from donated human hair to financially disadvantaged children 18 and under with medical hair loss.

Feb 10, 2005

Scenes from Children’s Dental Day VII

On Feb. 4, the faculty, staff and students of the UNMC College of Dentistry provided more than $60,000 in dental care for 163 children who attended the seventh annual Children’s Dental Day. Read about one 8-year-old boy from Lexington, Neb., who was determined to attend the event.

Feb 9, 2005