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Barking up the right tree with a leading therapy-dog program
Michele Whitehead has gone to the dogs, and they've fetched her national honors. Two years ago, she started the highly successful therapy dogs program at UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth. This spring, Whitehead, who's the Lewis Library Clinical...
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Visiting professor studies U.S. public health
Over the next year, a professor from South Korea will be immersing himself in Fort Worth culture and the way that public health is taught in the United States. As part of his sabbatical studies from Soonchunhyang University in Seoul,...
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Public Health student wins TPHA competition
Shlesma Chhetri, a doctoral student in UNT Health Science Center's School of Public Health, has been recognized by the Texas Public Health Association (TPHA) for a presentation on the sex trade and homeless women. Chhetri, who is working toward a...
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Monitoring health from a patient’s home
For Yvette Clayborn, the past year was a blur of hospital rooms. Hypertension and other health issues forced the Fort Worth woman in and out of hospitals for most of 2014. She was always worried, unsure when headaches or fatigue...
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With immunizations, UNTHSC removing barrier for high school students
UNT Health Science Center's Pediatric Mobile Clinic will provide free immunizations at Carter-Riverside High to graduating seniors needing a second dose of the meningitis vaccine, a requirement for college attendance or military service. Mobile clinic staff and UNTHSC pharmacy students...
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Impact of air pollution on women’s health and birth outcomes
A new study suggests a possible link between air pollution and Type 2 diabetes that could result in potential adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women. The study - covering over 228,000 deliveries among more than 208,000 women - shows a...
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The envelope, please…. Fledgling physicians ‘match’ residencies
Pilar and Shane Rainey Confetti, hugs and big smiles filled the hall Friday as more than 200 fledgling physicians learned where they'll serve residencies after graduating this spring from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. They're headed for destinations from Michigan...
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Symposium will address Alzheimer’s disease from all sides
Dementia from All Sides 2015 Spring Symposium Registration Sid O'Bryant Janice Knebl Every day, UNT Health Science Center researchers are studying ways to better understand Alzheimer's disease and how it can be treated or prevented. At the "Dementia from All...
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A TCOM couple waits for a “match”
For medical students Shane and Pilar Rainey, the biggest challenge of newlywed life is choosing a residency where both will thrive. Residency - typically three years - is the necessary training that follows graduation and precedes independent practice. On Friday,...
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UNTHSC to host Sports Medicine conference
Midwest Regional American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine Conference Register Here Contact: lauren.kjolhede@unthsc.edu Several UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) alumni, professors and clinicians will deliver presentations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at the first-ever Sports...
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