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  • Community
| May 14, 2014

Video: Bike to Work Day highlights health benefits of bicycling

More and more Americans are bicycling to work. From 2000 to 2011, the number of bicycle commuters in the U.S. grew by more than 47 percent. Since more than half of U.S. workers live within five miles of their workplace,...

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  • Patient Care
| May 13, 2014

Images to help mind and body triumph over cancer

Jeanie Griffin As chemotherapy drugs entered her body through an intravenous drip, Jeanie Griffin closed her eyes and focused on a childhood memory. Griffin, who lives in Grapevine, saw herself as a girl snuggled with her father on a backyard...

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  • Research
| May 12, 2014

Body style preference of African American females impacting their health

The preference of some African American women toward a larger, curvier body type may be a significant barrier to maintaining healthy weight, a key factor in helping prevent chronic illnesses like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, a new research study has...

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  • Community
| May 12, 2014

FitWorth Healthy City Initiative finds new home at UNTHSC

The FitWorth Healthy City Initiative to promote the health of Fort Worth families has found a new home on UNT Health Science Center's campus in Fort Worth. The program, established in 2012 by Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and the...

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  • Patient Care
| May 9, 2014

Video: Recognizing the contributions of nurses and medical assistants

Every day, our nurses and medical assistants have an impact on patients’ health and well-being. Small things that they do make a huge difference to patients and their families. As National Nurses Week draws to a close, we asked our...

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  • Community
| May 1, 2014

Video: Fort Worth community celebrates unveiling of Pediatric Mobile Clinic

The goal of the Pediatric Mobile Clinic is to improve the overall health of children in Tarrant County, 75,000 of whom are uninsured. The clinic, unveiled during a celebration Tuesday at Morningside Middle School, will be staffed by a medical...

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  • Community
| April 29, 2014

Pediatric Mobile Clinic opens with cheers and a drumroll

With a drum line and a cheerleading squad providing a soundtrack, UNT Health Science Center President Michael R. Williams and a group of Fort Worth leaders celebrated the opening of the new Pediatric Mobile Clinic on Tuesday. "It's not often...

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  • Patient Care
| April 28, 2014

A risky surgery and a normal life restored

In the news: WFAA: Man says Fort Worth surgeon 'saved his life' removing 18-pound tumor Melvin Jacobs had begun to lose hope that he would ever live a normal life again. For more than a year, a tumor had been growing on...

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  • Community
| April 28, 2014

Medical students encourage kids to wear bike helmets

"Will you wear your bike helmet every time you ride?" medical student Jerica Lomax asked 7-year-old Marisa Salas as she adjusted a shiny new helmet to fit Marisa's head. She nodded vigorously. "Do you know why you wear a helmet?"...

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  • Education
| April 23, 2014

Chief of Navy Medical Corps describes world of battlefield medicine

The mission wasn't limited to recruiting when Rear Adm. Raquel Bono, MD, Chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, visited the UNT Health Science Center Wednesday. She spent most of her time on answering students' questions and listening to their...