UNTHSC Knebl Stoker

UNT Health physician Janice Knebl, DO, keeps legendary cowboy in the saddle

For more than seven decades, J.W. Stoker, 86, was a cowboy's cowboy, a rodeo legend who began trick roping and riding at 12 and is a member of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Hall of Fame and the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. But when his advancing years threatened to rob him of the…
UNT Health Pediatrics

UNT Health receives 100 percent on audit from Tarrant County Public Health Department

The Pediatrics Department of UNT Health, the physicians group at UNT Health Science Center, received a perfect 100 score in an evaluation by Tarrant County Public Health. The average score for such audits by Tarrant County is 85 percent. The county health department provides immunizations to UNT Health through a state-funded program. This program allows…

Contractor/carpenter gets new lease on life with UNT Health treatment

Lance Thornhill and Ryan Seals, DO Lance Thornhill woke up the day after Halloween 2012 and immediately called his wife, Trudee, visiting her mother in Kansas. "You'd better come home." When she heard what he had to say, she hurried back. He couldn't move his right leg. He describes the next few months, before he…
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Sleep tip: A consistent routine will help in adjusting to clock changes

A behavioral sleep specialist at UNT Health Science Center says “falling back” is easier than “springing forward” when it comes to clock changes. The end of daylight saving time Sunday brings an extra hour of sleep and a relatively easy transition to the new clock schedule, said Brandy Roane, PhD, of UNTHSC’s Center for Sleep…