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  • Education
| March 4, 2019

TCOM students inspire youths to pursue medicine

By Alex Branch More than 40 UNT Health Science Center medical students helped inspire young African-American males to consider careers in medicine at a youth summit in Dallas. The students, members of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Student National...

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  • Education
| February 28, 2019

In the classroom: Pharmacy students debate dispensing medical marijuana

By Jan Jarvis   First-year pharmacy students recently got a glimpse of how tough their careers might be one day when they debated their role in dispensing medical marijuana. It is better to have a pharmacist who is educated in...

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  • Education
| February 26, 2019

PA students win Challenge Bowl — again

By Alex Branch   Students in the Physician Assistant Studies Program once have again proved that UNT Health Science Center truly does recruit the best and the brightest. UNTHSC PA students won the statewide Challenge Bowl competition at the Texas...

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  • Patient Care
| February 25, 2019

UNTHSC top docs who are transforming lives

By Jan Jarvis Seventeen UNT Health Science Center physicians and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty members have been selected by their peers as top doctors for listings in Texas Monthly, Fort Worth Magazine and 360 West. A TCU and...

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  • Research
| February 20, 2019

Researchers examining if exercise can slow Parkinson’s

By Jan Jarvis Army veteran RJ Hillman is learning to cope with personality changes that followed a mild traumatic brain injury six years ago in Afghanistan. More troubling is what may be ahead. There is growing evidence that even a...

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  • Education
| February 20, 2019

Symposium focuses on cardiovascular and brain health in women

By Jan Jarvis  The first annual Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium underscores the need for more biomedical research that addresses unique differences between the sexes.  The event, which will include oral and poster presentations on research, will be held...

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  • Education
| February 18, 2019

Mental health in grad school

By Jan Jarvis   The thoughts whispering at Anna Black never took a rest – ever. They followed her through junior high, then into college. “I believed I had to be perfect in everything I did,” she said. “Getting a...

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  • Our People
| February 13, 2019

Love for outer space propels librarian into NASA role

By Alex Branch As a child, Debbie Montenegro was the girl who often showed up school in a Yoda, Spock or outer space-themed shirt. “I didn’t realize it at the time, but my mom had to buy those shirts from...

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  • Our People
| February 12, 2019

TCOM students who serve their country

By Alex Branch All Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates go on to serve the communities in which they practice medicine. But each year, several also elect to serve their country. Five 2019 graduates of UNT Health Science Center’s original...

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  • Community
| February 11, 2019

Cowtown Marathon is a family tradition for race’s medical director

By Alex Branch For Jeff Beeson, DO, a personal connection to the Cowtown Marathon began when organizers planned the inaugural 1979 run. His father, Don Beeson, was the chief of police at what was then the Texas College of Osteopathic...