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| August 28, 2014

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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| August 27, 2014

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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| August 25, 2014

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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| August 22, 2014

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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| August 21, 2014

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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| August 20, 2014

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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| August 20, 2014

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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| August 19, 2014

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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| August 18, 2014

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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| August 15, 2014

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...