Category: Health

Fiber-rich Diet May Reduce Lung Disease

Press Release, January 22, 2016 – A diet rich in fiber may not only protect against diabetes and heart disease, it may reduce the risk of developing lung disease, according to new research published online, ahead of print in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Analyzing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination […]

Jan 25, 2016

Welcome Tessa Wells, new PT faculty in Kearney

Tessa Wells, PT, DPT, joined the CAHP faculty in the Division of Physical Therapy Education in Kearney. She grew up in south-central Nebraska and always wanted to go back to the area and be a part of the medical field in some way. More from Tessa in her own words: I graduated from UNMC in […]

Jan 22, 2016

Recruiting for the Class of 2030: Part I

Which grandma can say she has her grandson’s (and daughter’s) DNA at home in the freezer? This one! It’s a different sort of holiday story. My eight-year-old grandson, Nick, wanted math or science stuff this past Christmas, so we blinded him with science. We fulfilled his digital wish list of flash cards, experiment sets, a […]

Jan 12, 2016