- Research
With support from NIH, efforts to diversify biomedical workforce begin at UNTHSC
A national effort to increase the number of researchers from underrepresented minority backgrounds in the biomedical and behavioral workforce is beginning to take shape after a recent meeting at UNT Health Science Center. A kickoff meeting for the newly formed...
- Education
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...
- Patient Care
Sniffing out remedies for ‘cedar fever’
If you started the new year with congestion and watery eyes, you're not alone. Mountain cedar allergy season is in full sneeze and will get worse during the next few weeks. The affliction is often called "cedar fever" and can...
- Patient Care
When Ebola came to Dallas, UNTHSC alum was prepared
As Medical Director/Health Authority for Dallas County, Christopher Perkins, DO, MPH, has led surveillance efforts for communicable diseases ranging from measles to West Nile virus. But when the first U.S diagnosed case of Ebola virus occurred in Dallas, the UNT...
- Education
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...
- Community
Community Garden is on the grow
The UNT Health Science Center Community Garden marks its first birthday Feb. 15 and will expand with nine more plots later that month. Here are its major accomplishments so far - not bad for a 1-year-old: More than 60 pounds...
- Patient Care
Operating with little room for error
In the hospital waiting room, Kayla Cameron couldn't hold back the tears. Weeks earlier, Cameron, 22, had been critically injured in a car crash that fractured her spinal column and put her at risk of paralysis. On this day, she...
- Community
Meal service with a smile can drive patient satisfaction
If it’s true that the way to a person’s heart is through his stomach, then it shouldn’t be too surprising that meal service with a smile can enhance the way patients judge their hospital stays. A study by Martin Ostensen,...
- Research
A more effective way to identify elder abuse
Elder abuse is a largely hidden problem, but one that impacts a growing number of America's aging population. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that more than 500,000 older adults are abused or neglected in the...
- Patient Care
Keeping those in addiction recovery in mind during holidays
For some, eggnog, buttered rum and other alcohol-spiked drinks are as much a part of the holidays as presents under the tree. But what happens when there's a family member or guest who is in addiction recovery? The holidays can...
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