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| April 28, 2014

Medical students encourage kids to wear bike helmets

"Will you wear your bike helmet every time you ride?" medical student Jerica Lomax asked 7-year-old Marisa Salas as she adjusted a shiny new helmet to fit Marisa's head. She nodded vigorously. "Do you know why you wear a helmet?"...

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| April 22, 2014

Pediatric Mobile Clinic officially hits the road

UNT Health Science Center's Pediatric Mobile Clinic officially hits the road the first week of May, bringing high-quality health care directly to children living in underserved areas of Fort Worth. The specially equipped state-of-the-art mobile clinic will provide examinations for...

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  • Community
| April 21, 2014

Community Garden’s group effort grows produce for local food banks

The UNTHSC Community Garden is a new way that the Health Science Center creates a healthier community. The community at large has donated more than $3,000 worth of materials including soil, organic fertilizers, plants and compost bins. The garden is...

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| April 15, 2014

Fort Worth celebrates Health Challenge victory over Des Moines

Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price accepted the victor's trophy Tuesday for the city's win over Des Moines, Iowa, in FitWorth's 10-Week Health Challenge, which ended April 4. Doug Reichardt of Iowa's Healthy State Initiative presented the trophy during the City...

Breast screening web
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| April 11, 2014

Students help connect at-risk women with free mammograms

UNT Health Science Center students are helping connect at-risk women to potentially life-saving breast cancer screenings and prevention information. At a recent event in East Arlington, volunteers signed up women for fully-funded and low-cost mammograms that will be offered May...

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| April 8, 2014

Built environment expert featured at 7th Annual North Texas Health Forum

For more than 35 years, Dan Burden, Co-Founder and Director of Innovation and Inspiration for the non-profit Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, has traveled the world to make it a healthier place. A nationally recognized authority on walkable, livable, healthy...

Falls Prevention Web
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| March 24, 2014

UNTHSC provides help to seniors in facing the fear of falling

One day last summer, 74-year-old retiree Darold Klamt, surveying his handiwork in his well-kept yard, walked...

TCOM Bike Helmets
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| March 20, 2014

Students fit bike helmets to protect children from brain injury

Photo by Spencer Septien Bicycle accidents are the leading cause of sports-related concussions in American children. Yet, only 15 percent of kids wear helmets. Students at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth are working to change that. During...

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| March 19, 2014

HRO conference to focus on how to prepare for the unexpected

Academicians, consultants and practitioners from vastly different fields will share their expertise on how to improve safety, productivity and resilience during the 2014 Eighth International High Reliability Organizing Conference March 28-30 at UNT Health Science Center. Seventy presenters from organizations...

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| March 12, 2014

UNTHSC manages ‘one-stop shop’ for missing person cases

  Click here to watch the video For cold-case detective Stuart Somershoe, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a "one-stop shop" for unsolved cases. "We all have pieces of the puzzle," said Somershoe, who works for the...