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Video: Recognizing the contributions of nurses and medical assistants

Every day, our nurses and medical assistants have an impact on patients’ health and well-being. Small things that they do make a huge difference to patients and their families. As National Nurses Week draws to a close, we asked our...

Video: Fort Worth community celebrates unveiling of Pediatric Mobile Clinic

The goal of the Pediatric Mobile Clinic is to improve the overall health of children in Tarrant County, 75,000 of whom are uninsured. The clinic, unveiled during a celebration Tuesday at Morningside Middle School, will be staffed by a medical...

Pediatric Mobile Clinic opens with cheers and a drumroll

With a drum line and a cheerleading squad providing a soundtrack, UNT Health Science Center President Michael R. Williams and a group of Fort Worth leaders celebrated the opening of the new Pediatric Mobile Clinic on Tuesday. "It's not often...

A risky surgery and a normal life restored

In the news: WFAA: Man says Fort Worth surgeon 'saved his life' removing 18-pound tumor Melvin Jacobs had begun to lose hope that he would ever live a normal life again. For more than a year, a tumor had been growing on...

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?"...

Chief of Navy Medical Corps describes world of battlefield medicine

The mission wasn't limited to recruiting when Rear Adm. Raquel Bono, MD, Chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, visited the UNT Health Science Center Wednesday. She spent most of her time on answering students' questions and listening to their...

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...

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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Tarrant County Commissioners recognize National Osteopathic Medicine Week

Student-led activities have marked National Osteopathic Medicine Week on the UNTHSC campus all week. NOM Week brings the osteopathic medical profession together to focus on the common goal of increasing awareness of osteopathic medicine and osteopathic physicians (DOs) in communities...