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Outreach

UNMC, Urban League to hold free health fair Oct. 27

Free health screenings and education for Men’s Day on Saturday Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oct 8, 2012

Public invited to Oct. 2-3 talks on health hazards related to coal

“The Silent Epidemic – Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health,” is the topic of two lectures.

Oct 2, 2012

UNMC lands federal grant to establish rural center in Lincoln, funds four others

Five sites around Nebraska to benefit from grant from Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Sep 28, 2012

Sports medicine topic of Oct. 2 Science Cafe in Omaha

Rusty McKune of The Nebraska Medical Center will talk about sports medicine Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St.

Sep 27, 2012

Public invited to Oct. 5 Omaha conference on Parkinson’s disease

The American Parkinson’s Disease Association Information and Referral Center of Nebraska will host its first conference in Omaha.

Sep 25, 2012

Free Omaha workshop to boost Nebraska’s behavioral health care for children

Three national children’s behavioral health experts to conduct free, three-day workshop Oct. 5-7 in Omaha

Sep 19, 2012

UNMC to offer free lung disease screenings at Husker Harvest Days Sept. 11-13

Lung function tests and free testing for a hereditary cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (called alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency) will be available

Sep 10, 2012

UNMC back at the State Fair next week

See what UNMC will be up to next week at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.

Aug 24, 2012

UNMC training helps Chinese physicians face health care reform

It seems we are in similar places. Like the U.S., China looks to enact some version of health care reform. It does so in part because, like the U.S., it faces a shortage of primary care providers in rural areas.

Aug 14, 2012