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2013/05/18 07:30

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Omaha is tops in U.S. for least financial stress

... Omaha again leads the nation, with the least financial stress on households in 77 metropolitan areas. Credability, an Atlanta-based nonprofit credit counseling agency, rated the Omaha-Council...

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2013/05/17 15:31

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2 critically injured in S.W. Omaha crash

Two people were critically injured Friday morning in a multivehicle crash in southwest Omaha. The two had to be cut free from a vehicle, authorities said, and were taken to Nebraska Medical Center in...

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2013/05/17 06:31

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Hansen: Cancer advance was no easy sell

The trouble started when her speech ended, and the first doctor raised his hand. It was the mid-1980s, and Dr. Anne Kessinger had grown used to flying from Omaha to medical conferences around the...

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2013/05/17 03:57

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Experts hope to unlock cancer genetic code

For generations, the Worthing family has had to watch loved ones fight cancer. Matriarch Marguerite Worthing recounts how her older sister died from uterine cancer, her brother survived leukemia and...

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2013/05/16 03:01

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Is Your Mascara Safe?

Many women put it on everyday. But is there any truth to those mascara rumors? Could there really be something growing mascara tubes? Serese Cole set out to see if out if your mascara is safe. Bonnie...

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2013/05/15 06:30

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ConAgra Foods cuts sodium, but how much salt is t...

Omaha-based ConAgra Foods will continue its effort to scale back the sodium in its products despite recent studies that challenge current government guidelines for a low-sodium diet. The company is...

2013/05/14 17:32

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When medical school meets creative writing class

First-year medical student Steven Dondinger wants to be a doctor, but he knows that his future holds something more — writing and publishing poetry. Amanda Swanson was a creative writing English...

2013/05/14 06:30

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New UNMC cancer center will put Omaha in 'busines...

After breaking ground on a cancer center that is Omaha's largest public-private project, a cast of citizens broke bread — and occasionally broke out in laughter. It's not that they cracked up over...

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2013/05/13 06:31

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Fecal therapy must get FDA's OK

A therapy using fecal matter to combat a bad bug in the gut will now be regulated by the federal government, to the consternation of some physicians. The bug is Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and...

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2013/05/13 06:30

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PKI reaches for excellence

The Peter Kiewit Institute is to be congratulated on important steps it’s taking to put the University of Nebraska — and the Omaha area in particular — on the map nationally as a center of engineering...

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2013/05/12 06:30

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With quints, expect surprises

A wooden sign on the front door of the Jansen home alludes to the chaos inside: “Forget the dog. Beware of the kids.” The sentiment seemed appropriate on a recent Thursday, when mom Karla was home...

2013/05/10 07:30

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Patients can now comparison shop for best prices ...

Creighton University Medical Center consistently charged the most among Nebraska and Iowa hospitals for common procedures listed in a federal database that's aimed at encouraging consumers to...

2013/05/10 06:30

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Midlands Voices: Generosity made cancer center re...

Maurer is chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Fosdick is president and CEO of the Nebraska Medical Center. The recent groundbreaking of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer...

2013/05/09 13:42

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Howard Scott Osceola in Osceola, Iowa

Howard Scott, 67, of Osceola died April 29, 2013, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Funeral services�were 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Slade-O’Donnell Funeral Home in Leon. The...

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2013/05/09 06:30

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Physician at UNMC wins $1.6 million federal grant

A University of Nebraska Medical Center scientist is the first Nebraskan to win a grant through an Affordable Care Act-created research agency. Dr. Monirul Islam, a physician in the College of Public...

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