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Patient Navigator cuts red tape to ensure excellent 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...
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Putting the freeze on overheated runners
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...
- Community
Students launch ‘unprecedented’ effort to teach CPR in Texas
By Alex Branch Would you know how to react in a cardiac emergency? About 70 percent of Americans say they would feel helpless because they do not know how to perform CPR. UNT Health Science Center medical students are...
- Community
Innovation that’s worthy of recognition
By Alex Branch The announcement that UNT Health Science Center and Texas Christian University will create a new MD school together reflected the institutions’ shared vision of teamwork in education and caregiving that will benefit patients. This innovative project, so...
- Research
Hear that? Startup company develops remedy for earwax
By Jan Jarvis Cerumen, otherwise known as earwax, can cause stuffiness, pain and hearing loss. Too much earwax sends some 12 million Americans to the doctor’s office each year. But quick relief might not be too far away. After...
- Patient Care
A spirit of family and teamwork
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...
- Research
Zika virus would require different approach than West Nile
If the mosquito-borne Zika virus were to establish itself in North Texas, the mosquitoes capable of spreading the topical disease would pose challenges to current surveillance methods, a UNT Health Science Center epidemiologist said. The virus, which may cause birth...
- Patient Care
A hard look at health care costs
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...
- Education
GSBS student named to prestigious research organization
By Cari Hyden As an undergraduate, Jaclyn Bermudez made an important finding in a biology lab – she discovered she loved research. Now a PhD candidate in the Visual Sciences program in UNTHSC’s North...
- Education
New endowment helps further public health
By Sally Crocker Professor Emeritus Terry Gratton, DrPH, remembers his years of teaching at UNT Health Science Center’s School of Public Health (SPH) as one of the most rewarding times of his...
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