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SPH names Kent Palmore as MHA Alumnus of the Year
Kent Palmore, Outcomes Data Analyst for the Office of Patient Centeredness at Baylor Scott & White Health (BS&W), Dallas, has been named Masters of Health Administration Alumnus of the Year by UNTHSC's School of Public Health. Palmore, who interned at...
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Five questions about Chikungunya fever
Tarrant County's first case of Chikungunya fever was reported recently in a Mansfield resident who recently returned from the Caribbean. Common symptoms of the mosquito-borne virus are fever, joint pain, headaches and muscle pain. UNT Health Science Center Medical Entomologist...
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Young people compete to create healthy meals
Students from Trimble Tech High School at last year's Culinary Competition High school students are learning to prepare healthy food for the public with help from a contest cooked up by FitWorth and mulitple partner organizations that include UNT Health...
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UNTHSC physicians propose improved management of high-risk stroke patients
A team of UNT Health Science Center physicians has proposed a new medication management plan that could improve outcomes and enhance the quality of life for patients at high risk of stroke. Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal, irregular heart rhythm...
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Tickets on sale for Jay Leno’s performance at ‘An Evening with a Legend’
Tickets are now on sale for UNT Health Science Center's annual "An Evening with a Legend" fundraiser, this year featuring Jay Leno, the renowned comedian and 22-year host of "The Tonight Show." The performance benefits the UNT Health Science Center...
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UNT Health Science Center to close for Labor Day
The UNT Health Science Center, including Founders Activity Center, will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians also will be closed Monday in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will...
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Summer research programs inspire students to biomedical careers
Anna Brown was about to abandon her dream of becoming a scientist when the Summer Researcher Internship Program at UNT Health Science Center changed her mind. "I wasn't certain if research was right for me," said the University of Texas...
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Research aimed at improving long-term outlook for stroke patients
The long-term consequences of a stroke often are more severe than the attack itself, a medical reality that researcher Shaohua Yang, PhD, MD, hopes to alter. "A stroke is like an earthquake," said Dr. Yang, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and...
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Camp activities teach teamwork to incoming GSBS students
After a few minutes of twisting, twirling and unlocking limbs, the six students of Team Green credited good communication skills with helping them unwind from a human knot in record time. "It does help you get to know people," incoming...
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A full dose of facts on vaccinations
By Sarah Matches, DO, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics It's become easy for us to forget the horrors of a disease such as polio, which as recently as the 1950s crippled about 35,000 Americans each year. Today, there is no naturally...
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