We are the people dressed in black scrubs. There are 23 occupational therapists working at Nebraska Medicine with 18 inpatient and 5 outpatient therapists.
When men come to our clinic with a problem, we’re often asked to give them a pill to fix what’s ailing them. If a pill can make you feel better, then why not?
It starts as a nagging pain in the upper or outer part of the shoulder that comes on when lifting or lowering your arm to the side. Ignoring it can result in further deterioration of the joint.
Colonoscopy literally means “to look inside the colon.” During a colonoscopy, the doctor will place a flexible camera called a colonoscope into the anus and steer it throughout the colon and rectum.
A thyroid nodule is a growth within the thyroid – a butterfly shaped gland located just below the Adam’s apple in the neck. The thyroid sends out hormones that help control the body’s metabolism. Thyroid nodules are very common and occur in 30% of all people in the United States.
Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson Disease (PD) could be, in part, attributed to boxing-related injuries. In the early days after his diagnosis, it was said that he began showing signs of PD after his retirement from boxing in 1981, ranging from tremors to slurred speech.
.Obesity is a national health issue in this country with more than one third of all U.S. adults considered to be overweight. Bariatric surgery has become a growing solution for obese individuals.
A new sinus program dedicated to providing comprehensive, evidence based care to patients with sinus and nasal diseases is now open at Village Pointe and at the new Lauritzen Outpatient Surgery Center at 40th and Leavenworth Streets.
Rheumatoid arthritis is no longer your mother’s disease. For many years, the disease was associated with painful and crippling deformities to the hands and other joints. But today with early diagnosis and treatment, that is rarely the case.
