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January 8, 2016 • Patient Care, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Betsy Friauf Isiah Lanphear’s wish list is pretty simple. Prosthetic expertise Dr. Dombroski’s team of experts welcomes anyone with a prosthetic need. To arrange an appointment, call 817-735-3627. The 7-year-old Wisconsin boy says he wants to play baseball, ride his bike and play hockey. But such activities aren’t so easy when you’re missing your right…
December 8, 2015 • Patient Care, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch More children will run onto soccer fields this spring with instructions not to head the ball – a change that a Health Science Center sports medicine physician calls a wise step toward reducing concussions. The United States Soccer Federation announced new safety guidelines last month that prohibit players age 10 and…
November 13, 2015 • Community, Patient Care
By Jan Jarvis Daniel Morales came into the world too early and too small. He didn’t get enough oxygen during birth. He had brain damage and cerebral palsy. Nancy Davis first spotted him when he was 3 years old and attending a special education pre-kindergarten class where she was a school psychologist. She could not get…
October 19, 2015 • Patient Care, Patient Safety, Professional and Continuing Education
By Betsy Friauf Dale Akers lost a rib to a medical error. Register now Leading Innovation in Patient Safety: Best Practices and Global Strategies Summit An incorrect diagnosis led a surgeon to remove one of his ribs in the mistaken belief it would cure the pain in Akers’ chest and abdomen and his debilitating…
September 18, 2015 • Community, Patient Care, Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Grandma fell twice. She wasn’t badly hurt, but her family was shaken. Nicoleta Bugnariu knew what to do. She used her physical therapy expertise to create a rigorous exercise program for her “Bunica,” Romanian for “grandmother.” Dr. Bugnariu, PT, PhD, Associate Dean at UNT Health Science Center, chairs the Falls Prevention Task Force of the…
August 5, 2015 • Patient Care, Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Thirty-five weeks pregnant with twins, Shelley Long had grown accustomed to the endless aches and pains of a multiple pregnancy. But the throbbing in her right calf worried her. She reported the leg pain to medical staff twice during visits to a hospital to have her blood pressure monitored, but was told the discomfort was…
July 30, 2015
Albert H. Yurvati, DO, knows their life stories. The International Harvester designer’s granddaughter, driving a restored ’64 Scout, broadsided on her 50th birthday and in pain for so long she wondered if life was worth living. The teenage basketball star, benched with chronic pain while her team headed for a state title, told by her…
July 21, 2015 • Community, Geriatrics, Patient Care
UNT Health Science Center will team up with JPS Health Network, Texas Christian University and the United Way’s Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County to transform geriatric care in North Texas by improving medical training and health-care delivery for the region’s rapidly growing population of older residents. The unique collaboration is among initiatives in…
June 29, 2015 • School of Public Health
The UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health and Texas Prevention Institute took their third “Research Schmooze” out to the community when they recently partnered with the Cook Children’s Center for Children’s Health for a networking event. The purpose was to network on topics impacting early childhood development, mental health, obesity/healthy lifestyle, oncology and…
June 19, 2015 • Patient Care
Teamwork matters to Dale Akers. Husband, dad to two sons, baseball player and coach – he’s been there and done what it takes to help a team beat a problem. And a problem he did have. Years of pain in his chest and abdomen and debilitating shortness of breath confounded one physician after another. “It…
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