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Screening event promotes cancer prevention, early detection
The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, a partnership between UNMC and NHS, held its third annual free cancer screening at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church social hall Sunday, April 28. Nearly 100 men and women participated in the screening.
May 3, 2002
UNMC’s student-run STD clinic gains South Omaha’s RESPECT
For three months after UNMC’s RESPECT Clinic opened, Theresa Spitzer wondered when the first patient would walk through the door.
Dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and education of sexually transmitted diseases among South Omaha’s underserved persons, the clinic didn’t receive a single patient between Oct. 3, 2001, and January. Since then, RESPECT (Responsible Early STD Prevention Education and Community Testing) has consistently served four to five patients each time it is open — a total of almost 40 patients as of May 1.
May 3, 2002
ACCME reaccredits UNMC’s Center for Continuing Education
The Center for Continuing Education within the UNMC College of Medicine has received a four-year accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
May 2, 2002
Survey: Most Americans don’t worry about stroke
If you asked 1,000 people what health condition worries them most, how many would say stroke? The answer: 10. That’s right — 1 percent.
Stroke is America’s No. 3 killer and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability. Yet it is nowhere near the forefront of most Americans’ minds, according to a recently released American Stroke Association survey.
May 1, 2002
Do you know enough to prevent a stroke?
During May, the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, wants you to ask yourself: “Do I know enough to prevent a stroke?” See story to learn who has a greater risk of stroke.
May 1, 2002
Jay Noren named university provost
University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., has named Jay Noren, M.D., executive vice president and provost effective on or about July 1.
Noren (pronounced Nor-een), 57, has been director of the Health Workforce Project for the National Institute of Health Policy in Minneapolis since January 2001. He is a professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, and a professor of family and community medicine in the College of Medicine in the Texas A&M University System.
May 1, 2002
UNMC Chapter of Pharmacy students win 7 awards at national conference
Kelli Gibson wasn’t too surprised when six national awards went to the UNMC chapter of the Academy of Students of Pharmacy. But, when the UNMC student chapter received the Division AAA chapter achievement award, Gibson was floored.
Apr 30, 2002
Winners of Administrative Professionals Day drawing announced
Read to learn the winners of the April 26 Administrative Professionals Day event drawing.
Apr 30, 2002
Invisible disability remembered during Deaf Awareness Month
The delivery of health services for the Deaf is a sign of how other hearing disabilities will be treated, says Janet Killam, Region 2 field representative for the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NCDHH).
Apr 30, 2002
UNMC’s Beck remembers the forgotten client
Today’s UNMC Today includes a reprint of an article Gary Beck, education administrator in UNMC’s department of pediatrics, published in the fall 2001 edition of the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing “Notes” newsletter. Beck serves as an interpreter and activist for the Deaf community.
Apr 30, 2002