• Flag

  • Category

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 20, 2015

Symposium will address Alzheimer’s disease from all sides

Dementia from All Sides 2015 Spring Symposium Registration Sid O'Bryant Janice Knebl Every day, UNT Health Science Center researchers are studying ways to better understand Alzheimer's disease and how it can be treated or prevented. At the "Dementia from All...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 19, 2015

A TCOM couple waits for a “match”

For medical students Shane and Pilar Rainey, the biggest challenge of newlywed life is choosing a residency where both will thrive. Residency - typically three years - is the necessary training that follows graduation and precedes independent practice. On Friday,...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 18, 2015

UNTHSC to host Sports Medicine conference

Midwest Regional American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine Conference Register Here Contact: lauren.kjolhede@unthsc.edu Several UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) alumni, professors and clinicians will deliver presentations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at the first-ever Sports...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 17, 2015

Can cultural adaptation increase diabetes risk for Hispanic kids?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDMphcTYeZg&w=640&h=480 Mexican-American children who show evidence of greater adaptation into American culture face significantly higher odds of being at high risk for Type 2 diabetes than Mexican-American children who do not similarly adapt. Those are the findings of a study...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 13, 2015

Carl Everett’s planned gift will create endowed professorship

Carl E. Everett, DO, spent half of his life supporting the UNT Health Science Center. As co-founder of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Everett tirelessly penned solicitation letters, hosted country club lunches and launched a "One Thousand Club"...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 9, 2015

Offering hands of hope

For years, Electra Van Item endured the constant pain of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects the lining of the joints, causing swelling that eventually can result in bone erosion and joint deformity. Along with the pain,...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 8, 2015

Health Science Center to be closed Monday; UNT Health clinics remain open

The UNT Health Science Center will be closed Monday, March 16. All classes, administrative offices and Founders' Activity Center will be closed during this time. UNT Health offices and clinics will be open as usual on Monday. Gibson D. Lewis...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| March 4, 2015

Prevent falls in nasty weather

The possibility of another coating of ice and snow is bearing down on North Texas. If you must go out, follow tips from Nicoleta Bugnariu, PT, PhD, Associate Dean at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth: Beware of...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| February 26, 2015

Running his way to good health

For years, Seth Willmoth was a fast food junkie who super-sized sodas and dined daily on burgers. At restaurant buffets, he would fill his plate and then go back for more, again and again. On any given day, the 28-year-old...

HSC News placeholder graphic
  • Community
| February 25, 2015

Looking out for you at the finish line

When runners in this weekend's Cowtown Marathon races cross the finish line, they'll find a medical team from UNT Health Science Center watching out for their welfare. "Many runners are ‘hurting' when they finish the run, whatever the run. Our...