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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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Patient finds his ‘guardian angel’
On the day before Easter, Tom and Pam Kearney arrived in Fort Worth from their home in Michigan feeling anxious and uncertain. An injury to Tom's xiphoid process caused excruciating pain in his chest - and the Kearneys traveled to...
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Electrical stimulation therapy helps gastroparesis patient
Angela Pokluda enjoyed her life as a wife and mother until she began suffering bouts of nausea and couldn't keep food down. "My nausea was so serious it would stop me in my tracks whenever it hit," said Pokluda, who...
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Media spotlight: Missing Persons Lab helps ID teenager who died 73 years ago
DNA experts at UNT Health Science Center announced this week that they had identified the remains of a 14-year-old boy buried more than 70 years ago at a now-closed reform school in Florida.It is one of the oldest DNA associations...
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Research to make early detection of Alzheimer’s disease more accessible
By combining a simple blood test with a cognitive exam and demographics, researchers at UNT Health Science Center were able to accurately detect Alzheimer's disease, even in its very early stages. The research could lead to a rapid, accurate and...
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Health and the ancient discipline of tai chi
From the window of his hotel in Beijing, Wayne English, DO, saw something in 1990 that would impact his life for decades to come. "Everywhere I looked, in parks, on corners and in vacant lots, there were people doing these...
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Acceleration Lab Program plays role in successful public launch of biotech firm
Five years ago, the co-founders of biotech start-up ZS Pharma, were developing a drug out of a lab provided by UNT Health Science Center. "Although we believed it had all the makings of a successful project, until you prove it,...
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New physician helps medical school hopefuls surmount challenges
Jose Cruz, DO, MPH, is a newly minted physician who helps young people become doctors in spite of major challenges. Partly because of this work, he's among 74 students to receive the Excellence in Public Health Award from the United...
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Leading the way in “green” commuting
UNT Health Science Center is blazing a trail in eco-friendly transportation. It's the first Dallas-Fort Worth area university to use vanpooling for employees' commutes. The vanpool hit the road in late May. Five UNTHSC staff members who live in and...
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