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Clinical Trial Holds Hope and Potential for Pediatric Organ Transplant Patients

6/11/2009
Omaha, Neb - It is a medical Catch-22; the nutritional supplement necessary to keep children with failing intestines alive can also damage another vital organ.
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Region's First Clinic for Carcinoid Cancer Opens at The Nebraska Medical Center Treatment and Research

3/26/2009
Omaha, Neb. - Carcinoid cancer turned Ruth Gerdes into a crusader.

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New Hope for Carcinoid Cancer Patients

5/19/2008
Video - Carcinoid Cancer: An interview with a patient, physician and report from KPTM in Omaha, NE
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Small Bowel Transplant Program At The Nebraska Medical Center Is Busiest Program in the Nation

5/12/2008
Omaha, Neb. - The intestinal transplant program at The Nebraska Medical Center was one of the first of its kind in the nation when it began in 1990. Today it is the busiest.

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Two Prominent Nebraska Doctors Become Patients In Living Donor Liver Transplant

4/15/2008
Omaha, Neb - As the State of Nebraska's Chief Medical Officer, Joann Schaefer, M.D. knows a great deal about large-scale public health issues.

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The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant Programs Receive National Awards

10/1/2007
Omaha, Neb. - The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant programs were honored with two awards on Monday, October 1st at the 2007 OptumHealth Care Solutions (formally U.R.N.) annual National Clinical Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Transplant Reunion Celebrates Second Chances, Gift of Life

7/24/2007
Omaha, Neb. - They come to celebrate, to see old friends and to make new ones. Several hundred transplant recipients will gather in Omaha on Saturday, July 28, 2007 for The Nebraska Medical Center's Transplant Reunion.

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Liver Cancer Rates Expected to Rise, Hope for Patients Found at The Nebraska Medical Center

3/27/2007
Omaha, Neb. - A White House announcement draws attention to a growing trend. Press Secretary Tony Snow joins thousands of Americans in fighting liver cancer.

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