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  • Education
| January 8, 2014

UNTHSC Dean elected to chair physical therapy accreditation commission

Claire Peel, Dean of UNT Health Science Center’s School of Health Professions, was elected the 2014 Chair of the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). CAPTE is the only accrediting agency for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant...

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  • Patient Care
| January 3, 2014

OMT treatment allows triathlon athlete to make the race

Jan Jowitt had trained for eight months for a Half Ironman triathlon when she injured her right shoulder. The pain and limited range of motion made it hard for her to swim or even to sleep. While  Jowitt, DHA, RN,...

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  • Patient Care
| January 2, 2014

New year brings allergic assault from the south, UNTHSC expert warns

Just when you thought it was safe to breathe again, the new year brings a new allergy.  December's sub-freezing temperatures quelled ragweed and many other allergens. But mountain cedar (actually ashe juniper, a small tree native to Central Texas) has...

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  • Patient Care
| December 20, 2013

Holidays provide opportunity to check older relatives’ mental acuity, UNTHSC expert says

Every year, families gather for the holidays only to realize that older relatives aren't quite the same as they were the last time they saw them. "During the year family members may talk on the phone and never really know...

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  • Education
| December 20, 2013

JPMorgan Chase Foundation grant supports Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences

From left: Rusty Reeves, Harlan Jones, Mike Wilson, Tammie Marceleño, Michael Williams, Bart Bonney, Randy McGuffee, Doug White, Todd Ritterbusch, Brian Page. The JPMorgan Chase Foundation awarded the UNT Health Science Center $50,000 to support a program that offers high...

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  • Patient Care
| December 19, 2013

How to get information on Affordable Care Act insurance sign-up

For those who need to sign up for health insurance via the Affordable Care Act's marketplace, there are several ways to get information. You can go the website, call the National Call Center, call 817-258-8188 for a Tarrant County Navigator,...

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  • Education
| December 19, 2013

SPH students win ACHE Case Competition

SPH students George Alaniz, Garrett Boland, Darin Maccatherine, Dante Ridgell, Adedoyin Akinlonu, Zarna Shah, Matt Stabe and Bhaavika Patel A student team from UNT Health Science Center's School of Public Health (SPH) recently won top honors at the fourth annual...

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  • Patient Care
| December 18, 2013

UNTHSC physician assistant makes A house calls for disabled adults

  Vic Holmes MPAS, PA-C Twice a month, Vic Holmes, MPAS, PA-C, gathers his medical examination instruments and makes the 20-mile drive from UNT Health Science Center to a two-acre camp for adults with disabilities in Mansfield. As goats, horses...

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  • Patient Care
| December 17, 2013

UNTHSC professor returns from Olympic adventure

Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, recently spent an unforgettable two-weeks tending to world-class athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. From Nov. 11-26, Dr. Clearfield was a volunteer sports medicine physician sharing a dormitory with Olympic weightlifters....

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  • Patient Care
| December 11, 2013

UNT Health physicians recognized as Super Doctors by Texas Monthly

Twelve UNT Health physicians have been selected as "Texas Super Doctors 2013" in the December issue of Texas Monthly magazine. Those named, and their respective specialty, are: W. Paul Bowman, PediatricsKathleen Crowley, OB-GYNJohn Fling, Allergy & Immunology Janice Knebl, GeriatricsDavid...