Our Health

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Healthy Healing

A new year brings new resolutions, with health and fitness at the top of most people’s list. Increasing your workout routine and making more visits to the gym is always a good idea, but sometimes you might need something more. Someone who listens and understands your current struggles or goals. […]

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Spreading Strength

Heart attack, Stroke and Pheochromocytoma survivor Angie Jorgensen and co-founder of local stroke awareness group “Stromies” has learned in every circumstance to “find one good thing and build on it.” December 7, 2012 Jorgensen found herself going from not feeling well to fighting for her life. This wife, mom, sales […]

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Mindful Medicine

Cancer patients from more than 30 states and several countries call the Urology Cancer Center (UCC) home for their Prostate cancer care. Nearly 30 percent of these cancer patients will choose to participate in a research trial and 25 percent will enroll on multiple trials during their care at UCC. […]

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Quality Care

One of the biggest impacts on quality of life is chronic pain. Finding the right treatment can be frustrating, time-consuming, and physically and emotionally exhausting. Rather than give up and settle for a less than optimal outcome, physicians at Midwest Pain Clinics take a multi-disciplinary approach to each patient who […]

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Brookestone Meadows Celebrates a Decade of Community-Based Care

Going the extra mile is a quality that is invaluable to an organization. And it’s often not something that can be forced or taught, but rather an inherent part of that organization’s culture. It’s a culture that Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center has become known for and is something […]

Whole Body Health

Omaha Wellness Center helps you make the choice to achieve health Photos by Christopher Tierney   Eat well. Move well. Think well. These are the three pillars that Omaha Wellness Center uses to help patients make the conscious decision toward living a healthier lifestyle. It’s a concept that Dr. Ryan […]

Sculpting Your Self-Confidence

Using revolutionary technology, SCULPT Cosmetic Surgery can reshape your life Photos by Christopher Tierney   Everyone has a part of their body they don’t love. Often we learn to live with it, but for some it can affect self-esteem and daily living. However, the thought of having surgery that involves […]

Relaxing Rehabilitation

Using a gentle approach, Omaha Physical Therapy Institute helps patients recover faster Photos by Christopher Tierney   Recovering from an injury or surgery takes time and can include months of physical therapy. People are often apprehensive going into rehab, worried that it will be painful and difficult. But Brent and […]

A Cool Alternative

Ice Out Cryo Spa brings a new healing therapy to Omaha Whenever you pull a muscle exercising or have inflammation from an injury or other health-related issue, applying ice is a proven method for relief. That same principle is at the heart of Ice Out Cryo Spa in Lakeside Plaza, […]

Heart Heroes empowers kids battling Congenital Heart Defects

Nine-year-old Sam Burton is a superhero. He even has the cape to prove it. Born with half a heart and several severe heart defects, he has undergone three surgeries, suffered from congestive heart failure at age five, and has an artificial pulmonary valve. His mother, Kitty Burton, remembers when he […]