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PT students up to APTA challenge
Each year, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) puts out a nationwide call to membership for PT students, and each year our UNMC students step up to the challenge. Once again, they achieved platinum status for 100% participation. Here’s the list of participating programs. Students can qualify to win a variety of prizes and the […]
May 28, 2014
Healthy diet linked with better lung function in COPD patients, featuring Corri Hanson
Press release from SAN DIEGO – Sure, everyone knows a healthy diet provides lots of health benefits for patients with respiratory diseases, but now a new study has shown a direct link between eating fish, fruit and dairy products and improved lung function among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Conducted by researchers in […]
May 27, 2014
Pearl of Venice on our X-ray table
As part of the restoration of the Joslyn Art Museum’s “Pearl of Venice” oil painting by Thomas Moran, they needed a high-quality radiograph. What better place to do that than right here at The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC? It’s not often one is asked to photograph a famous painting as it’s being x-rayed. But […]
May 21, 2014
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