Children’s Hospital & Medical Center has introduced a dedicated helicopter and begun building a temporary helipad because of construction on the hospital campus at 82nd Street and West Dodge Road.
Lupo’s incredible $920,000 sum is believed to be the most money raised for charity per minute by any gaming streamer, according to Forbes.
Lisa Kwapniowski, 49, was also ordered to pay the hospital more than $3.7 million in restitution. She has already repaid $1.157 million, including almost $278,000 she submitted to the court Monday from the sale of a home.
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The University of Nebraska Medical Center has its own unique history, and soon that history will have a new home.
This was not the outcome we were hoping for, but we were not going to allow them to “play house” at our home, either.
This bike-commuting thing is still very vanguard for Omaha, which has a much smaller cycling commuter community than other cities where cycling is embraced and respected by motorists.
Virtually odorless and smokeless, easily concealed in a pocket or sleeve, and frequently designed to look like USB drives or other everyday items, e-cigarettes are not difficult to hide. Perhaps not coincidentally, the number of teenagers who vape has skyrocketed in recent years, bedeviling school principals and prompting fears that a new generation will grow up hooked on nicotine.
Benji is forever asking, sometimes begging, my son to give him things, including toys and special snacks. I think my son is uncomfortable, because he always asks me if it’s OK to give those things to Benji.
Winner Morgan Chaffin of Elkhorn said the bike ride was the most challenging part of the race.
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Since alarms first began going off about a rising number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S., Nebraska has lowered opioid prescriptions by 32%. Local experts are calling the decline, between 2013 and 2018, a good start.
The salmon produced by AquaBounty are the first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption in the U.S. They represent one way companies are pushing to transform the plants and animals we eat, even as consumer advocacy groups call for greater caution.
Instead of relying solely on patients’ subjective rating of their pain on a familiar 1 to 10 scale, nurses also factor in five objective signs. Those include their observations of how the patient is behaving — grimacing and tossing in bed, or calmly eating lunch and watching Oprah — and vital signs such as breathing rate and blood pressure.
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She admitted that this piercing was just a start, and that there would be others. This tactic upset me, as I am not a fan of multiple piercings.
Age is just a number for Joy Mann. And she intends to prove that point to her family.
People who already spend a lot of time outdoors aren't likely to find these results surprising.
The sign in this hotel depicts an unraveled bow tie draped over the door handle. Other places I have stayed have used neckties on their signs, too. I wonder how the families staying at this place explain that imagery to curious children.
St. Francis Ministries, based in Salina, Kansas, offered to handle child welfare case management in Douglas and Sarpy Counties over five years for $197 million, less than 60% of the $341 million bid from PromiseShip. The two were the only bidders for the contract.
The lost data includes prescription and refill history and insurance information for all customers.
“If I was to have a heart attack, this was a great place to have it,” 76-year-old Paul Kozak said.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center's market opens July 2.
My friends are horrified, and remind me that he’s young enough to be my son. They tell me it’s inappropriate and urge me to be realistic about any future with him.
"I think it's one of the most meaningful, memorable things that our young men will ever experience," Head Coach Michael Martin said.
A new study suggests it's yet another example of dogs' ability to communicate with people, one that evolved as the animals were domesticated from ancient wolves at least 15,000 years ago.
I knew that this was a possibility going in, but my lady friend or son would take "Daisy" in a heartbeat. What shocks me is the negativity so many of my acquaintances have shown since I brought Daisy into my home.
Trillium Healthcare Group has notified residents and employees that it will close its Premier Estates operations in Crete, Fremont and West Point, likely in early August.
Pfizer will buy Array BioPharma for $10.6 billion to gain its promising new medicines for cancer, which could end or limit the use of punishing chemotherapy for some patients.
Ninety-three riders signed up for the challenge; 75 started. “Half of it is just having the courage to get to the starting line,” Bill Giffin said.
“I feel great that I have a tattoo that my mother and my daughter have,” Renee Nadrchal said. “It’s a connection for us. I’m not over my disease. It’s a disease you have for life. But I’ve come so far.”
Between 2012 and 2016, the cost of insulin for treating Type 1 diabetes nearly doubled, according to the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute.
I’m willing to have someone go in and help her clean, but this will happen again (as it has before), if we don’t get to the root of the issue.
Crystal Dosher said that moment changed her life, because she had just started school and was watching her son begin his career as well.
State Medicaid officials said the awards program recognizes doctors who exemplify the goals of Heritage Health, Nebraska's Medicaid managed care system.
Over the years, Enrique Galvan had numerous surgeries in Paraguay to try to remove the large, heavy tumors hanging from his body. But because of the extensive nature of his case, the procedures were not successful. Ultimately, doctors in his home country told him that there was nothing more they could do for him.
This isn’t the first time I’ve felt unimportant to him. Sometimes I feel as if people just don’t care about me in general.
The city is one of two finalists vying to host U.S. Quidditch’s Midwest Regional Championship, an event that would draw more than a dozen collegiate teams to the area and spur a few hundred thousand dollars in spending in Sarpy County.
The head of the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday that he would no longer appear on all-male panels at public scientific meetings, saying the effort to include women and other underrepresented people "must begin at the top."
She arrives without saying hello, picks at her food and, worst of all, picks her fingernails and split ends before and after the meal at the table.
New research finds that throughout a dog’s life, the stress levels of a canine and his or her human tend to rise and fall together. In fact, stress in a dog appears to be more closely linked to the stress of its owner than it is to the dog’s own temperament.
One night, I was enjoying a mini-vacation. The next, a doctor told me my 59-year-old dad might die.
Several competitors with Nebraska ties will appear on Monday's episode, including Creighton student Mike Galeski, former Husker track athlete Maggi Thorne and Nebraska native Leigh Jahnke.
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Now, fast-forward eight months later, and I have not heard a word from the bride. I apologized profusely for what I did — and nothing.
"Consumers accept practices in health care that they would not tolerate in any other area," said Elisabeth Rosenthal, editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News and a trained doctor.
Biel said she worries about people such as her friends, whose child has a medical condition that requires exemption from vaccinations.
I’ve been friends with “Sandra” for about a year now. Recently, she revealed to me that she is gay. I am totally supportive of her. However, she also told me that she has grown to be very attracted to me.
Doris Aylor will fulfill a dream Thursday when she gets to watch her beloved Royals, live and in person, for the first time.
Baseball fans can tackle a lap inside TD Ameritrade Park — and some downtown Omaha streets — during the ninth annual Road to Omaha Run.
I’ve given her three choices: She can either give her weapon to me, sell it or move out in three weeks.
The $1 million the county set aside for land could now go to construction or operating costs if the partnership moves forward.
The nation's opioid addiction crisis has prompted every state except one to file claims or promise to sue drugmakers, distributors or pharmaceutical companies.
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