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March 6, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Laura Standish, RN Here are the numbers from 2013 that matter most to Laura Standish, RN: four clinics, nearly 1,300 health education visits and 335 vaccines - all free and for the benefit of children living in Fort Worth's most underserved communities. As the director and a driving force behind the new Pediatric Mobile…
February 26, 2014 • School of Biomedical Sciences research
For more information about collaborating with NorTex researchers or to participate in a research study, contact Kimberly Fulda, DrPH, at 817-735-0225 or Kimberly.Fulda@unthsc.edu. Santiago Perez assumed he was fairly healthy when he volunteered for the North Texas Healthy Heart Study, a UNT Health Science Center research project conducted from 2006 to 2009. But the free…
February 17, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
James Meehan weighed 336 pounds and couldn't sleep. "I was big, fat and unhappy," said the Hurst, Texas, resident. In his mid-60s he wasn't the man who retired from an Air Force career that saw him navigating B-52s over Vietnam. He certainly wasn't in shape for a 10K race. But 2½ years later, he's…
February 11, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Daniel Clearfield, who treats plenty of runners in his sports medicine practice, says he's training for the Cowtown Marathon because he thinks it will give him greater insight into the injuries and complications his patients face. As an athlete himself, he has participated in various sports, but none that are endurance-based, such as long-distance…
February 5, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Student volunteers from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) at UNT Health Science Center provided free physicals recently to local Boy Scout Troop 499. The event took place during the troops' regular scheduled meeting at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. All Boy Scout members are required to receive a physical, and not all…
January 31, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Albert Yurvati, DO (TCOM '86), Chair of Surgery at UNT Health Science Center, has been recognized as an Unsung Hero by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The AOA defines an Unsung Hero as "an osteopathic physician who has enhanced the image of osteopathic medicine by living each day as an example of what an osteopathic…
January 27, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Janice Knebl, DO, MBA, was quick to put to rest any misconceptions about aging when she spoke at the Rotary Club of Fort Worth. "People think someone in their late 80s is supposed to be confused," she told the audience before pausing a second. "No!" The Chief of UNTHSC's Division of Geriatrics then explained the…
January 21, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Howard Lund, Allan Kell and PA Julia Reynolds A few days before Thanksgiving, Allan Kell staggered into his living room, his skin pale and sweating, and collapsed into a chair. "I think I'm dying," he gasped to his wife, Valerie. Valerie called 911, but when paramedics arrived, the episode was over. Kell, 72, declined…
January 15, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Life can change in the blink of an eye. Just ask triathlete Todd Hamilton, who went from riding his bike one moment to being comatose in a hospital ICU the next.After being hit by a car in the summer of 2012, Hamilton suffered a broken upper arm, radial nerve damage, neck injuries and brain damage,…
January 13, 2014 • School of Public Health
More underserved Dallas County women will receive potentially life-saving breast examinations through a UNT Health Science Center breast cancer education program. Angela Williams, RN, recently completed the MammaCare Clinical Breast Examination Certification, a recognized medical and scientific standard for performing and teaching proficient clinical breast examinations (CBE). Williams will use the certification to perform breast…
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