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Alum becomes 1st DO to lead Dallas County Medical Society
In the late 1970s when Jim Walton, DO, MBA, graduated from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, he and others faced a clear and inconsistently applied bias against the profession. What a difference 40 years make. Dr. Walton was recently...
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Certificate program focuses on critical role of food security
Breakfast, lunch, dinner - everybody eats. But how much do most of us really think about food, how it reaches our tables and how it affects us? Factors that impact our world's food supply and health - from environment/agriculture, animal...
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A bandage to treat skin cancer
Sun lovers are bombarded daily by warnings about the cancer dangers posed by their passion. But researchers now are offering hope to patients with skin cancer that they could be treated one day with a radioactive bandage containing exactly the...
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TCOM gives medical students unique training in patient communication
Medical students learn far more about how disease changes a life when they talk to real patients. That's why UNTHSC's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine invites people with various health conditions to its Fort Worth campus to be interviewed by...
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Meet therapy dogs and learn about animal-assisted therapy
Dr. Claire Peel (left) introduces her certified therapy dog,Luke, to UNTHSC employees during a campus event. Every Sunday, the cocker spaniel visits Fort Worth assisted-living communities to brighten the mood of depressed or lonely residents. Physician Assistant student Ana Maria...
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Gift creates endowed professorship in surgery
Joseph LaManna III witnessed the impact of osteopathic medicine as a kindergartener following his physician father, Joseph LaManna Jr. on his Sunday hospital rounds. That childhood experience helped set a path for Dr....
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Veteran no longer avoiding doctors
During his 13 years in the U.S. Air Force, Maj. Kevin Peterson and his fellow pilots shared a strategy when it came to doctors - avoid them. Tell a flight doctor you have even mild symptoms and risk finding yourself...
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Public Health & Prevention Council welcomes new Chair
New Public Health & Prevention Council Chair Shirley Little (right) with outgoing Chair Libby Watson and School of Public Health Dean Richard Kurz, PhD. Shirley Little has been named Chair of UNT Health Science Center's Public Health & Prevention Council,...
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A bird? A plane? No, it’s CareFlite swooping in
When a CareFlite helicopter lands at UNT Health Science Center on Thursday, it's not an emergency but an informal training session. The chopper fly-in is an annual opportunity for students to get up close with airborne emergency transport. Every day...
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Addiction Awareness Week shines light on complex disease
UNT Health Science Center will host Addiction Awareness Week Nov. 3-5 to help students and the public better understand the disease and help train them as future physicians. Addiction Awareness Week is presented by the Medical Student Government Association. "It...
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