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Five questions about enterovirus D68
The respiratory illness that has sent hundreds of children to hospitals in the Midwest has not hit Texas yet but parents and physicians are bracing for a possible outbreak of enterovirus D68 here. While enteroviruses are common and only cause...
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Cowtown Cruisin’ for a Cure honors Dr. Andras Lacko for cancer research
Terry Mann, Cruisin' for a Cure President; Lacko; Chris Goetz, Cruisin' for a Cure founder The nonprofit Cowtown Cruisin' for a Cure has honored Andras Lacko, PhD, for his dedication to the fight against prostate cancer by presenting him with...
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Texas physicians honor rural-medicine program founder
UNT Health Science Center's Rural Osteopathic Medical Education program has prepared hundreds of physicians to care for rural residents, mainly as primary care physicians in Texas. The founder and long-time Director of that program is John R. Bowling, DO, Assistant...
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Disaster drill to teach benefits of interprofessional cooperation
When terrorists struck New York's Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, first-responders in different departments couldn't communicate by radio. Lives were lost to the inability to share information and collaborate. On Sept. 11, 2014, UNT Health Science Center in Fort...
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Donor seeks to generate matching scholarship gifts
During their first days of medical school, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine students are ceremoniously cloaked in a white coat and take an oath of professionalism and empathy. The rite of passage symbolizes the students' commitment to become compassionate healers....
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From UNTHSC classroom to Houston crime lab
Emily Ricco is not a police detective, but she helps solve crimes every day. As a DNA analyst at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ricco, 27, examines objects involved in crimes for blood evidence or other bodily fluids....
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National expert Dr. Kendi Hensel joins select editor group
Kendi Hensel, DO, PhD, is adding two new gems to her string of accomplishments. Already a noted physician, educator, researcher and scholarly reviewer before the age of 40, this summer she became the first female editor of her profession's pre-eminent...
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SPH names Kent Palmore as MHA Alumnus of the Year
Kent Palmore, Outcomes Data Analyst for the Office of Patient Centeredness at Baylor Scott & White Health (BS&W), Dallas, has been named Masters of Health Administration Alumnus of the Year by UNTHSC's School of Public Health. Palmore, who interned at...
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Five questions about Chikungunya fever
Tarrant County's first case of Chikungunya fever was reported recently in a Mansfield resident who recently returned from the Caribbean. Common symptoms of the mosquito-borne virus are fever, joint pain, headaches and muscle pain. UNT Health Science Center Medical Entomologist...
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Young people compete to create healthy meals
Students from Trimble Tech High School at last year's Culinary Competition High school students are learning to prepare healthy food for the public with help from a contest cooked up by FitWorth and mulitple partner organizations that include UNT Health...
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