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The pattersons
  • Our People
| June 20, 2018

The ATV accident that changed my life

By Rita Patterson, Department of Family Medicine I was attending an event at work when I learned that my husband, Les, had crashed his all-terrain vehicle near our Weatherford home. The ATV rolled onto his leg, crushing it. He hollered...

Charles and Teresa Gonzales
  • Research
| June 19, 2018

A population at risk

By Jan Jarvis   Charles and Teresa Gonzales know what dementia does to a person. The Grand Prairie couple has lived through it with both of their mothers. “The first thing I noticed was my mother kept asking the same...

Bowling Pins Fc
  • Education
| June 18, 2018

UNTHSC history: Tavener bowling pins

By Alex Branch   For almost 50 years, UNT Health Science Center has preserved two scuffed bowling pins. The vintage pins recall a throwback to the 1950s and 60s, when people in vertically striped shirts and rented suede shoes flocked...

DNA group with missing posters
  • Community
| June 13, 2018

A better cold-case database

By Jeff Carlton   A UNT Health Science Center team has upgraded and enhanced a national database for cold cases involving missing people and unidentified remains to offer more powerful investigative tools for criminal justice agencies and families searching for...

Dr. Cunningham in the lab
  • Research
| June 11, 2018

Fighting a deadly side effect of heart failure

ByJan Jarvis   For many of the 6.5 million people who live with heart failure, developing water retention related to their disease will decrease their chances of survival. Although many patients with water retention are treated with diuretics, it is...

Cruz Ramos has prosthetic finger for baseball
  • Patient Care
| June 7, 2018

Pitch-perfect prosthetics

By Alex Branch   An escalator accident severed Cruz Ramos’ index finger when he was a child, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a talented baseball player. He discovered in youth league that by adjusting his grip and putting...

Jennifer Fix, PharmD helps in Hepatitis C Clinic
  • Patient Care
| June 6, 2018

Hepatitis C clinic shows future of pharmacy

By:Jan Jarvis   The medications cost close to $100,000, but they cure hepatitis C in 12 weeks or less. And yet, some patients leave this costly prescription unused in their medicine cabinet. A phone call from pharmacist Jennifer Fix, PharmD,...

Dr Vishwanatha
  • Education
| June 4, 2018

Health disparities conference to focus on precision medicine

By Alex Branch Personalized medicine is a rapidly-emerging approach to disease prevention and treatment but too often research participation is not reflective of our country demographics. Ensuring that the racial and ethnic, minority, socioeconomically-disadvantaged and rural populations that disproportionally share...

Marissa Tan received the U.S. Public Health Service Award
  • Our People
| May 31, 2018

UNTHSC student honored with prestigious U.S. Public Health Service Award

By Sally Crocker Marissa Tan, who graduated from UNTHSC last week with both a DO degree and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH), has received the U.S. Public Health Service Award in recognition of her work to promote health equity...

Andras Lacko, PhD researches HDL Drug Delivery
  • Research
| May 29, 2018

Partnership explores using HDL as a tool for delivering drugs

By Jan Jarvis   UNT Health Science Center has joined with the international biopharmaceutical company Cerenis Therapeutics to develop HDL-based drug delivery systems for treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The joint strategic partnership called the “HDL Drug Delivery Initiative” will...