Osteopathic manipulative treatment improves speech for child with apraxia

What would you do if you knew what you wanted to say, but physically, you could not put the sounds and words together to form a sentence? If you are like 3-year-old Charlie Lain, who suffers from childhood apraxia of speech, producing words is a daily struggle. Apraxia is a neurological speech disorder that affects…

Alumni Profile: Rob Dickerman, DO, PhD

A famous general once said, "Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."Rob Dickerman, DO ('98), PhD ('98), has done both - and now he knows how it feels to be one of the best neurosurgeons in America. He runs his own practice and serves as Director of Neurosurgery at Presbyterian…

May events at the UNT Health Science Center

May 10 - Living Well Aware Conference, Friday, May 10, 11:30 am to 5 p.m., UNT Health Science Center Medical Education & Training (MET) Building (Rooms - 109/110/111), 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107.  $45.00 per person (includes lunch, breaks and course syllabus. Patricia Sulak, MD, from Scott & White Clinic and Hospital and…

UNTHSC hosts 2013 Health Disparities Conference May 30-31

Eighth Annual Health Disparities Conference focuses on the intersection of smoking, HIV/AIDS and cancer Tobacco smoking, HIV/AIDS and cancer challenge various under-represented minority and at-risk populations. Smoking is more common among economically disadvantaged people and HIV is highest in non-Hispanic blacks and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders. The infection rates are also higher in Hispanic/Latinos, African Americans…

UNTHSC closed for Memorial Day

The UNT Health Science Center will be closed on May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday. Administrative offices will re-open at 8 a.m., Tuesday, May 28. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians will also be closed May 27 in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28. The Lewis…

7 tips for healthy mothers-to-be

Help make every day Mother's Day by sharing these preconception health tips with mothers and mothers-to-be. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health, women who are healthier before becoming pregnant, have a better chance of preventing problems like preterm or low-birth weight babies. The FOR HER women's health…

Physical Therapy program reaches accreditation milestone

The UNT Health Science Center's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, which began accepting students in 2010, has achieved initial accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education. The program's first class, which graduates this month, will be eligible to sit for the Texas state board licensing exam. Initial accreditation is valid for five…

Watch a live stream of our Commencement Ceremony on May 18

UNT Health Science Center's Commencement this Saturday will feature an international thought leader in patient safety as guest speaker, plus a formal commissioning ceremony for graduates entering the U.S. military. John Nance, JD, author of the award-winning book Why Hospitals Should Fly, will deliver his address during ceremonies honoring 600 health professionals receiving degrees.Col. Dennis…

Dr. Woerner’s care during pregnancy motivated this patient to get better

The joy of bringing a baby into the world is all-encompassing. But sometimes, so are the painful physical changes that a woman experiences as her body responds to a pregnancy.Consider Cessilye Smith. Her first pregnancy led to a diastasis, a separation of abdominal muscles, which was never addressed. Two years later she is currently pregnant…

Recreational use of HIV antiretroviral drug linked to psychoactivity

More than one in 270 people in the U.S. are living with HIV, and every 9.5 minutes someone is else is infected. The economic cost estimates associated with HIV/AIDS exceed 36 billion dollars a year. Effective antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatments have helped people with HIV to live longer. However, a highly effective and widely prescribed…