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Scotts Test 27/16/2009 This is a test |
Region's First Clinic for Carcinoid Cancer Opens at The Nebraska Medical Center Treatment and Research3/26/2009 Omaha, Neb. - Carcinoid cancer turned Ruth Gerdes into a crusader. |
Heart Ball Princess Celebrates the Miracle Of a Heart Transplant2/7/2009 Omaha, Neb - A series of miracles; that's how some describe Petra Marcos' recovery from a critical heart infection. |
Kidney "Swap" Creates New Transplant Opportunities7/23/2008 Omaha, Neb - The Nebraska Medical Center is taking part in a nationwide initiative to match more people needing a kidney transplant with people who are willing to donate. It's called a donor swap. It works by pairing two sets of donors and recipients who are incompatible with each other. |
Caring for Carcinoid5/19/2008 A conversation about Carcinoid cancer between patients and physicians by Caring for Carcinoid, a non-profit organization. |
Small Bowel Transplant Program At The Nebraska Medical Center Is Busiest Program in the Nation5/12/2008 Omaha, Neb. - The intestinal transplant program at The Nebraska Medical Center was one of the first of its kind in the nation when it began in 1990. Today it is the busiest. |
Two Prominent Nebraska Doctors Become Patients In Living Donor Liver Transplant4/15/2008 Omaha, Neb - As the State of Nebraska's Chief Medical Officer, Joann Schaefer, M.D. knows a great deal about large-scale public health issues. |
New York City Police Officer Praises The Nebraska Medical Center Transplant Program2/8/2008 Omaha, Neb. - Nebraska nurse, Roseann Mastio of Bellevue, wanted to make good on a promise when she told her brother-in-law, a retired New York City street cop, that she would donate her kidney to him. |
The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant Programs Receive National Awards10/1/2007 Omaha, Neb. - The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant programs were honored with two awards on Monday, October 1st at the 2007 OptumHealth Care Solutions (formally U.R.N.) annual National Clinical Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
Transplant Reunion Celebrates Second Chances, Gift of Life7/24/2007 Omaha, Neb. - They come to celebrate, to see old friends and to make new ones. Several hundred transplant recipients will gather in Omaha on Saturday, July 28, 2007 for The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant Reunion. |
Unique Islet Transplant Offers Colorado Toddler Hope5/14/2007 Omaha, Neb. - Three-year-old Berlyn Alfredsen is much like any other little girl. She enjoys wearing her hair in a ponytail. Her eyes light up when she watches her favorite Elmo videos. And, brightly colored pictures decorate her room. Unlike other children, though, little Berlyn has spent much of her young life in and out of hospitals. She recently became the youngest patient known to undergo an autologous islet transplant. |
The Nebraska Medical Center's Heart Transplant Program Receives Medicare Certification4/10/2007 Omaha, Neb. - It is a mark of quality, experience and of a significant service provided to patients. The Nebraska Medical Center is now officially certified as a heart transplantation center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). |
Liver Cancer Rates Expected to Rise, Hope for Patients Found at The Nebraska Medical Center3/27/2007 Omaha, Neb. - A White House announcement draws attention to a growing trend. Press Secretary Tony Snow joins thousands of Americans in fighting liver cancer. |
