Some days are tough, but when I start to shake and feel the weakness coming on, I think of a handful of important people watching over me and I tell them, NOT TODAY! Today is not going to be the day that I don’t get better. 

After being diagnosed with colon cancer, Rick Smith is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments at Nebraska Medicine. His wife, Rae Jean, stays by his side. “Get a colonoscopy. It can save your life,” says Rick.

Doctor Corrigan McBride, bariatric surgeon at Nebraska Medicine, shares her personal story of going through bariatric weight-loss surgery two times.

My husband and I would travel anywhere to get Brylie the care she needs, but now we live a short drive from one of the few facilities in the nation that specializes in intestinal failure. The multidisciplinary team will help Brylie down the road to health and digestion.

The decision to have weight-loss surgery is not an easy one. Learn about one Nebraska Medicine doctor decided it was the right choice for her.

An Omaha man is convinced guardian angels saved him from an accident that nearly cost him his life.