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2 hrs ago | Drugs.com

iCo Therpeutics Completes Enrollment for Phase II Study

The study has shown a good safety profile with no drug-related serious adverse events to date.

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Related Topix: Johns Hopkins University

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Modern Physician

ACGME looks to shift focus from residents' work hours Andis Robeznieks | 6/17/13 -

If you don't like what's being said, the saying goes, change the conversation. For the past several years, the agency that oversees the nation's residency programs - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - has been mired in discussions dealing with resident work hours .

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Related Topix: Nebraska, Rush University

Sun Jun 16, 2013

La Vista Sun

World-Herald editorial: Cancer center is a major step

The $370 million project that's about to rise over Saddle Creek Road will bring a new level of patient care and status to the community.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Medicine, Opinion

La Vista Sun

Stothert juggling act takes center ring

Dr. Joe Stothert snaps a photo of his wife, Jean, just before her installation Monday as Omaha's new mayor.

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Related Topix: Omaha, IL, Gay/Lesbian, Transgender

Omaha World-Herald

Hansen: Immersed in cancer fight as a dad and researcher

Residents of Omaha and those who live near the city benefit from being in the center of a regional hub for medical services.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Blog News

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Nature Neuroscience

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is immediately available in a basic neuroscience laboratory with direct translational applications for .

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Related Topix: Pharmacology, Medicine, Biology, Science

The Papillion Times

Noteworthy, June 15

Forty-seven future community leaders graduated from Leadership Omaha, a program of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Nebraska Government, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Omaha, Scottsbluff, NE

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Newswise

Unauthorized Immigrants Account for Only 1.4 Percent of U.S. Medical Spending

A study by a University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher revealed that unauthorized immigrants have lower health care expenditures compared to legal residents, naturalized citizens and U.S. natives.

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Related Topix: Health Care Policy, Health, Health Insurance

Wed Jun 12, 2013

UPI

Undocumented immigrants average $140/person/yr. public healthcare

Undocumented immigrants have lower healthcare expenditures than legal residents, naturalized citizens and people born in the United States, researchers say.

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Related Topix: Illegal Immigration, US News, Immigration Reform

Business Journal

USF's Klasko withdraws bid for Nebraska medical school position

Dr. Stephen Klasko , dean of USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, has withdrawn from consideration as chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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The Papillion Times

Omaha physician's report says generic arthritis medicine holds its own

Many arthritis specialists persist in prescribing expensive brand-name drugs when generics work as well over the long term, an Omaha physician reported this week in a key medical journal.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Omaha, NE, Enbrel, Etanercept (generic), Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sulfasalazine (generic), Azulfidine

Tue Jun 11, 2013

WOWT-TV Omaha

Research: Cheaper Drugs Produce Same Benefits For Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis

In a large U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs cooperative blinded study that compared the effectiveness of drug therapies for rheumatoid arthritis, researchers found that the use of less-expensive combination disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs produced the same clinical benefits as much more-expensive biological treatment.

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Related Topix: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine, Health, Arthritis, Life, Veteran Affairs, Omaha, NE, Rheumatology

Drugs.com

Standard Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy as Good as Costlier Newcomer: Study

Newer, costlier treatment for rheumatoid arthritis appears no better than an older, less-expensive regimen for people who don't respond to the first-line drug methotrexate, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Rheumatrex, Methotrexate (generic), Rheumatology, Inflammation

Mon Jun 10, 2013

The Papillion Times

1,100 brave rain to view gardens

Denise Stange shows off the features of her backyard garden near 96th Street and West Center Road as part of the Munroe-Meyer Guild's Garden Walk.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Omaha, NE

Sat Jun 08, 2013

Omaha World-Herald

Fundraising in spotlight at Cattlemen's Ball

The huge tents were set up in a pasture, a sellout crowd ready to raise funds for cancer research was on hand and the fun was on for the 2013 Cattlemen's Ball.

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Related Topix: Paxton, NE, Sutherland, NE, North Platte, NE, Hastings, NE, Imperial, NE

Wed Jun 05, 2013

Newswise

Dr. Douglas Martin Honored for Meritorious Service to ACOEM

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , an international medical society, honored Douglas W. Martin, MD, FACOEM, with the ACOEM Meritorious Service Award.

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Related Topix: Sioux City, IA

Tue Jun 04, 2013

Ralston Recorder

UNMC chancellor finalist Fred Meyers described as 'a man of the people'

A finalist for the chancellor's post at the University of Nebraska Medical Center helped his medical school become a comprehensive cancer center, a designation sought by leaders at UNMC.

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Related Topix: Nebraska, UC Davis

Mon Jun 03, 2013

WIDN Design Network

Ground broken for Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Nebraska

Ground was broken on the new $323-million Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, designed by HDR, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Nebraska, US.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health

Sat Jun 01, 2013

Health News Digest

Deadly Sepsis Focus of UNMC Study

A University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher has determined that the investigational drug Eritoran used in a large clinical trial to treat a severe and often deadly infection known as sepsis did not reduce mortality.

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The Papillion Times

Noteworthy, June 1

Twelve students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry received a total of $1,100 in cash awards at the 27th Annual Professionals Day and 46th Annual Student Scientific Program.

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Related Topix: Nebraska, Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Beatrice, NE, Norfolk, NE, Tecumseh, NE