Nebraska Medicine volunteers are always needed. Two former volunteers, now colleagues, share their career journey and the lessons learned volunteering.
Every year, U.S. News & World Report evaluates more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide to develop their annual list of Best Hospitals. They look at things like clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience in developing these rankings. Again, Nebraska Medical Center is the No. 1 rated hospital in the Omaha metro area and the state of Nebraska.
The Nebraska Medicine Kearney Cancer Center is expected to open in 2024. Construction is underway in University Village, a 104-acre, mixed-use development that is a partnership with the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Located on the west edge of the UNK campus, it combines educational, residential, recreational and commercial opportunities in a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood.
Navigating breast cancer recovery can be lonely. To counter this, a nonprofit organization, Casting for Recovery, connects women who have breast cancer or a history of breast cancer through healing fly-fishing retreats.
It may appear that “The Force” has always been with Lydia Kang, MD. After all, the Nebraska Medicine internist already had an accomplished career as a doctor and an impressive and diverse bibliography as an author.
Diabetes continues to be a growing health problem in the United States with an estimated 10% of the population diagnosed with diabetes and approximately 35% of the population estimated to have prediabetes.
