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Mother and baby
  • Education
| December 15, 2015

Medical student works to reduce infant deaths

By Betsy Friauf Third-year medical student Kristen Slaymaker is working to change Tarrant County’s soaring infant mortality rate. Her research on unsafe sleeping conditions for babies is winning awards, and she is seeking ways...

Raheem Paxton and Tomi Huff
  • Research
| December 14, 2015

Cancer survivor credits recovery to research study

By Sally Crocker When Tomi Huff was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 54, she feared she was going to die. No matter what the doctors said, she felt like her life was...

Metin Yavuz
  • Research
| December 14, 2015

The self-cooling shoe that could reduce amputations

By Alex Branch   A Health Science Center researcher is creating an innovative shoe that could help prevent dangerous foot ulcers in people with diabetes. Metin Yavuz, DEng, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, has developed a working prototype of a...

Brandy Roane
  • Research
| December 9, 2015

Fighting the ‘freshman 15’

By Jan Jarvis   College students typically blame too much fast food for the famous freshman 15. But research from UNT Health Science Center suggests that weight gain in college has as much to do with when you go to...

Daniel Clearfield
  • Patient Care
| December 8, 2015

Reducing the risks of concussions

By Alex Branch   More children will run onto soccer fields this spring with instructions not to head the ball – a change that a Health Science Center sports medicine physician calls a wise step toward reducing concussions. The United...

Dennis Thombs
  • Education
| December 7, 2015

A career path focused on reducing alcohol- and drug-related harms

By Sally Crocker The year was 1986 when the country was stunned by the news that first-team All-American college basketball player Len Bias had died of a cocaine/alcohol overdose on the University of Maryland campus. The young athlete – described...

Valubility Celebration
  • Community
| December 3, 2015

A Valubility-style pep rally

UNT Health Science Center threw itself a party Thursday that included a DJ, balloons and a team of employees tearing through a homemade sign. It was a fitting culmination of a year-long effort to highlight, recognize and honor members of...

Myriam Martinez-Banuelos
  • Education
| December 2, 2015

Healthier communities know no borders

By Cari Hyden Myriam Martinez-Banuelos discovered a way to create healthier communities both in Texas and in Mexico – simultaneously. As a result, many...

Heather Kitzman-Ulrich
  • Research
| December 1, 2015

A decline in diabetes

By Alex Branch The surprising announcement that new cases of diabetes in the United States are declining is good news but reinforces the need for greater prevention in minority communities, said Dr.  Heather Kitzman-Ulrich,...

ZSPharma
  • Research
| November 30, 2015

A biotech superstar with UNTHSC roots

By Jan Jarvis   Six years ago in an acceleration lab at UNT Health Science Center, the co-founders of ZS Pharma were developing a drug that they believed held great promise. But even with such lofty expectations, ZS Pharma co-founders...