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| April 14, 2014

UNTHSC physicians named 2014 Top Docs

Fort Worth, Texas magazine has honored 25 UNT Health Science Center physicians as "Top Docs." They were selected as a result of surveys of fellow health care providers. They practice in clinics and hospitals across Tarrant County. Those named, and...

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  • Community
| April 11, 2014

Students help connect at-risk women with free mammograms

UNT Health Science Center students are helping connect at-risk women to potentially life-saving breast cancer screenings and prevention information. At a recent event in East Arlington, volunteers signed up women for fully-funded and low-cost mammograms that will be offered May...

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  • Education
  • Patient Care
| April 9, 2014

UNT Health Science Center celebrates National Osteopathic Medicine Week

The UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth is marking National Osteopathic Medicine Week April 13-19. 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...

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  • Community
| April 8, 2014

Built environment expert featured at 7th Annual North Texas Health Forum

For more than 35 years, Dan Burden, Co-Founder and Director of Innovation and Inspiration for the non-profit Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, has traveled the world to make it a healthier place. A nationally recognized authority on walkable, livable, healthy...

Meharvan Singh GSBS Inerim Dean
  • Education
| April 3, 2014

Dr. Meharvan ‘Sonny’ Singh named Dean of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

A UNT Health Science Center researcher recognized internationally for his work on hormones and the aging brain has been named Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Meharvan "Sonny" Singh, PhD, who has served as Interim Dean of the...

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  • Research
| April 2, 2014

Testosterone therapy affects Mexican American men differently

Rebecca Cunningham, PhD Ads touting testosterone replacement therapy are ubiquitous on radio and television. But medical research has determined that its success at enhancing libido may come at a price. Researchers at UNT Health Science Center now report that while...

RAD Winners
  • Education
| March 25, 2014

RAD event celebrates UNTHSC research

More than 200 students, faculty and staff shared their scientific findings during the 22nd Annual Research Appreciation Day. Topics ranged from cardiac function in childhood cancer survivors to the health challenges of women who are homeless. The event attracted 500...

Falls Prevention Web
  • Community
| March 24, 2014

UNTHSC provides help to seniors in facing the fear of falling

One day last summer, 74-year-old retiree Darold Klamt, surveying his handiwork in his well-kept yard, walked...

TCOM Bike Helmets
  • Community
| March 20, 2014

Students fit bike helmets to protect children from brain injury

Photo by Spencer Septien Bicycle accidents are the leading cause of sports-related concussions in American children. Yet, only 15 percent of kids wear helmets. Students at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth are working to change that. During...

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  • Community
| March 19, 2014

HRO conference to focus on how to prepare for the unexpected

Academicians, consultants and practitioners from vastly different fields will share their expertise on how to improve safety, productivity and resilience during the 2014 Eighth International High Reliability Organizing Conference March 28-30 at UNT Health Science Center. Seventy presenters from organizations...