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| December 12, 2014

Public Health professor advises students in Japan about importance of data

Students at the University of Tokyo recently gained valuable insight into statistics for research from a UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health guest lecturer. Sumihiro (Sumi) Suzuki, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, taught five lectures and five workshops...

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| December 11, 2014

Helping amputees live more mobile lives

After diabetes took part of her left leg, Jackie Smith, 66, worried whether she would ever regain her mobility with a prosthetic foot that felt stiff and awkward. But her experience wearing a more technologically advanced prosthesis under the eye...

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  • Patient Care
| December 10, 2014

Health care with a human touch

Born with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, Sasha is nonverbal and non-ambulatory, requiring a wheelchair. She takes her meals by feeding tube. Her parents, Pete and Michele, make sure she has good quality of life. They take her out of the...

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| December 4, 2014

At Thanksgiving and all year, our volunteers help feed the hungry

   Thanks to the hard work of UNT Health Science Center students and employees, needy people in the Fort Worth community will celebrate a happier, healthier Thanksgiving.Every year, UNTHSC students touch thousands of lives through community service. Already this fall,...

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| December 4, 2014

A lifetime obsession realized

When Bill McIntosh won a mint-condition 1953 MG TD Roadster in a charity raffle benefitting UNT Health Science Center Foundation last month, it literally was a dream come true. See his own account of his lifetime obsession with the MG:...

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| December 2, 2014

Link between high testosterone levels and aggression in male Alzheimer’s patients?

Having higher levels of testosterone could increase the risk for aggression, hallucinations and other acting-out behaviors in men who already have Alzheimer's disease. Studies have found that having lower testosterone levels increased the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, said Dr....

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| December 1, 2014

Hope to erase the blurry vision of age

Ever held a newspaper at arm's length to read the fine print?Then you might benefit from the development of eye drops that literally could change the way some 100 million Americans see.The drops were developed by Encore Vision with support...

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| November 25, 2014

Controlling diabetes with help from a higher power

Dr. Heather Kitzman-Ulrich and Leilani Dodgen Religious faith promotes spiritual health, but can it also influence physical well-being? That's a question UNT Health Science Center researchers seek to answer by teaming with pastors at churches in southern Dallas County to...

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| November 21, 2014

FitWorth takes health and wellness message to San Antonio

FitWorth is well on its way to inspiring people beyond Tarrant County to live healthier through exercise and better nutritional choices, starting with San Antonio. This week the San Antonio Mayor's Fitness Council was introduced to some of the ways...

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  • Patient Care
| November 21, 2014

D’Agostino participates in national Ebola webinar

Darrin D'Agostino, DO, Chair of Internal Medicine, participated Thursday in a national webinar focused on how health care organizations can better prepare to identify and prevent infections like the Ebola virus. Dr. D'Agostino, one of four panelists, said the first...