University of Nebraska Medical Center News

Dr. Dmitry Oleynikov will take center stage tonight at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's latest Science Cafe lecture, "Your Doctor Is a Robot." Oleynikov.

2503, 89th Street and Military Avenue. The breakfast costs $5 for adults and $3 for children younger than 12.

What's 9-feet tall, orange with black stripes and has a 18-inch inflatable tongue? Oh, and it walks, jumps and runs like a man on the moon? The answer to that riddle is part of a research study being conducted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe Meyer Institute and an Omaha mascot company.

As midtown Omaha welcomes some big ticket projects, the Destination Midtown organization plans to focus on smaller community and economic development efforts.

Cancer-related insomnia can be improved by behavioral therapy but not epoetin alfa, according to two studies published online Nov.

Wednesday will be meeting day for the Dahlman Neighborhood Association. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Christ Child Learning Center, 11th and Dorcas Streets.

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Telemedicine solution provider AET completed a first of its kind, real-time remote diagnosis of a newborn baby's heart murmur between Faith Regional Health Services and Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Norfolk and Omaha, NE, respectively.

Eating leftover Halloween candy will not rot your teeth. Eating candy or other sugary, starchy foods and leaving that food on your teeth is what will rot your teeth.

The KETV NewsWatch 7 I-Team discovered that top officials at Nebraska universities are offered numerous perks, including cars and club memberships, as a way for the schools to attract top talent.

NEWARK -- Anesthesiologist Ann V. Govier and gastroenterologist David E. Subler were named 2009 Licking Memorial Hospital physicians of the year at the hospital's annual medical staff recognition dinner at Longaberger Golf Club.

The pothole was on the bridge connecting the North Freeway with southbound Interstate 480.

University of Nebraska employees racked up questionable and perhaps even personal expenses on credit cards that are paid with public dollars _ partly because of "significant deficiencies" in university oversight, according to an audit released Thursday.

Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson's disease from progressing further.

Living in poverty in Tanzania is very difficult for the people there, but it's easier when nursing graduate student Michelle Kowalczyk spends her time and money providing care to those who need it.

Scientists have overcome a key barrier to the clinical use of stem cells with a technique which transforms regular body cells into artificial stem cells without the need for introducing foreign genetic materials, which could be potentially harmful.

During this year's observance of "World Stroke Day," Thursday, October 29, the American Heart Association and its division, the American Stroke Association, will join international organizations with a unified message about the global threat of stroke.

A University of Nebraska Medical Center research team led by Iqbal Ahmad, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, has reprogrammed regular body cells to resemble embryonic stem cells without the use of potentially harmful foreign genetic material.

Friends and family will gather at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to remember Van Lear Johnson, who died five days short of his 80th birthday.

A University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher said Thursday that his team has found a way to create cells that resemble embryonic stem cells.

Abortion opponents question whether the University of Nebraska Medical Center's ties to pro-research groups will lead to an effort to overturn state restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.