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May 26, 2016 • Patient Care, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Jan Jarvis Eric Nestler has played the saxophone on stages all over the world, including Carnegie Hall. But the accomplished musician and Professor of Music at the University of North Texas feared his career was over when focal dystonia, which caused violent tremors in his face and neck, made it nearly impossible to…
April 1, 2016 • Patient Care
By Alex Branch Patrick May told his fiancé good night, walked down the hallway to his bedroom and fell soundly asleep. Hours later, he startled awake. “My legs wouldn’t move,” said May, 65. “From my waist down, I was paralyzed. I thought I was dying – or at least about to spend the rest…
March 17, 2016 • Community, Patient Care
By Alex Branch Obstacle after obstacle kept a 1-year-old Texas boy from getting regular health checkups. He lived with his grandmother, who neither speaks English nor drives a car. His family didn’t qualify for Medicaid, and his grandmother didn’t know where she could take him for wellness checks. The only time he received medical…
February 25, 2016 • Community, Patient Care
By Betsy Friauf A slam-dunk pilot project does more than win awards and put up great numbers. It makes a difference in people’s lives. That’s the case with “Asthma 411,” a collaboration between UNT Health Science Center and Fort Worth Independent School District. Nationally, 9.3 percent of children have asthma. In sad contrast, by…
February 12, 2016 • Patient Care
By Jan Jarvis Bringing home a baby is supposed to be one of the happiest times in a woman’s life. When it’s not, women often feel as if something is wrong with them, said Shanna Combs, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNT Health Science Center. “They’re depressed, but women are very good…
February 8, 2016 • Patient Care
By Betsy Friauf Bernice Etcoff needed help. She couldn’t lift her arm to do simple things like combing her hair or getting dressed. She was in pain and had an unexplained sudden weakness in her shoulder. Based on a physical exam, her physician, David C. Mason, DO, suspected a torn rotator cuff. An imaging…
February 5, 2016 • Patient Care
By Alex Branch A new tool could help overheated runners cool down at the 2016 Cowtown Marathon. The UNT Health Science Center medical team will test a TechNiche cooling vest to lower runners’ core temperatures at the Feb. 27 and 28 races. The vests were recently used on cyclists at Tour de France. The…
January 29, 2016 • Education, Patient Care
By Alex Branch Bibas Reddy, DO, medical oncologist at The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, has long considered UNT Health Science Center family. His brother, Hari Reddy, DO, and sister-in-law, Chandana Reddy, DO, both attended Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the same time as Dr. Reddy. And several of his close friends…
January 22, 2016
By Jan Jarvis Bending the Health Care Cost Curve When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jan. 28 Where: Medical Education and Training Building, UNT Health Science Center Parking: Visitor parking is available in lots 19, 14 and 7 in both visitor and reserved spaces. Watch online Download the flyer Medical professionals and an elected official…
January 11, 2016 • Patient Care
The public is invited to a reception celebrating the completed expansion of the UNT Health Bone and Joint Institute on Wednesday evening in Fort Worth’s Medical District. The Institute — a multidisciplinary group of orthopaedic and podiatric surgeons, as well as a non-operative musculoskeletal assessment team — has expanded in size by 50 percent, adding…
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