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  • Patient Care
| March 23, 2017

Patient safety leader: 59 Texans will die today from medical mistakes

By Thomas Diller, MD Executive Director, Institute for Patient Safety   Strong evidence indicates the number of deaths per year due to medical error approaches 251,000, making it the third-leading cause of death in the United States, behind only heart...

Daniels FC
  • Community
| March 22, 2017

Gift from Daniel Drug family will support new building

By Alex Branch   Burl Baker Daniel opened Daniel Drug in 1932 in a long, narrow building at the southwest corner of Montgomery and 7th streets. The world of pharmacy was quite different back then. The Fort Worth pharmacist, who...

HIV RESEARCH FC
  • Research
| March 17, 2017

High price of survival

By Jan Jarvis Nearly three decades ago, HIV threatened John’s life. But instead of killing him, the virus inspired...

G FC
  • Education
| March 16, 2017

Israeli doctors to discuss emergency preparedness in time of war

By Sally Crocker   Two Israeli physicians who have served on the front lines of war will speak April 3 at UNT Health Science Center. Dr. Yoav Hoffman and Dr. Tal Marshak of Galilee...

Match Day 2017
  • Education
| March 16, 2017

Match Day brings TCOM students closer to their goals

By Jan Jarvis For as long as she can remember, Whitney Cameron has wanted to be a doctor. “When I was a little girl, instead of wanting stickers and suckers like...

Drugs FC
  • Research
| March 13, 2017

Costly cures

By Jan Jarvis   Multiple myeloma sneaked up on Theresa M. Humphrey. She was more tired than usual but still able to work two jobs. By the time she learned she had cancer, it already had caused bone damage in...

Yorio FC
  • Education
| March 10, 2017

A rare honor for a longtime leader

By Jan Jarvis   Thomas Yorio, PhD, wears his lucky frog tie on days that matter – when UNT Health Science Center sought to establish various new schools, for example. He was wearing that tie March 7 when President Michael...

Coaching FC
  • Our People
| March 9, 2017

Honored for a commitment to coaching

By Jeff Carlton Haylie Miller, PhD, has always enjoyed a productive and beneficial relationship with her supervisor, Nicoleta Bugnariu, Interim Dean of the School of...

Lee Jackson
  • Our People
| March 9, 2017

UNT System Chancellor Lee F. Jackson announces retirement plans

University of North Texas System Chancellor Lee F. Jackson today announced plans to retire before the end of 2017 from a position he has held for 15 years. Jackson, the second Chancellor in UNT System history, is currently the longest-serving...

SS FC
  • Community
| March 6, 2017

Terminally ill runner finishes Cowtown with help from UNTHSC students

By Alex Branch UNT Health Science Center students who volunteered at the Cowtown Marathon won’t soon forget one remarkable runner who needed their help crossing the finish line. Her name is Suzanne Stone, 62,...