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  • Community
| October 8, 2019

Pharmacists provide patient value in team-based care

By Jan Jarvis  With inhaler in hand, Dr. Cheng Yuet went over every detail to make sure the patient understood how the drug would control their COPD symptoms.  "Use it every day, whether you feel like you need it or...

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  • Education
| October 4, 2019

TCOM grads from the same hometown team up as chief residents

By Steven Bartolotta and Jennifer Hetro In life, your path is meant to cross with some certain people. Allyson Matthys, DO, and Vikaash Persad, DO, 2017 Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates, are two of those people. Matthys grew up...

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  • Education
| October 2, 2019

Patient, pupil and protégé

By Alex Branch Chelsee Greer was 13 when Dr. W. Paul Bowman sat in her hospital room and gently explained how he would try to cure her cancer. Five hours from their Odessa home, Greer and her mother, Lindee, traveled...

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  • Community
| October 1, 2019

October proclaimed Health Literacy Month

By Jan Jarvis  Nine out of 10 Americans may lack the knowledge and skills needed to manage their health and prevent disease.  To focus attention on this issue, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price has proclaimed October as Health Literacy Month....

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  • Education
| September 26, 2019

The evolution of the physician assistant

By Alex Branch  To understand why physician assistant is one of the hottest jobs, meet Victoria Florez.  She fielded four job offers before she even graduated last year from the UNT Health Science Center Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Program.  Each...

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  • Community
| September 26, 2019

Vaping advice for parents

By Sally Crocker The time is now for parents to have a heart-to-heart conversation with their kids about the danger of vaping, says a UNT Health Science Center researcher with experience in this area. “For parents who know their kids...

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  • Research
| September 24, 2019

Researcher hopes to make gene-editing device safer and more precise

By: Jan Jarvis The mere mention of gene editing and DNA altering might conjure up images of designer babies, but that is not what researcher Jin Liu has in mind. She wants help to find a cure for life-threatening diseases...

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  • Community
| September 20, 2019

National expert cites benefits of medical cannabis in lecture series

By Kerry Gunnels The growing interest in the use of cannabis for medical purposes is the result of a demand by patients for treatment options, a national expert on pain medicine says. “This is the result of a grassroots movement...

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  • Patient Care
| September 20, 2019

Ophthalmic clinic opens in Health Pavilion to provide diabetic eye care

By Jan Jarvis Zainulabedin Hashem walked out of the ophthalmic clinic with a new prescription and a sense of relief that his diabetes had not damaged his vision. “I have had diabetes for 30 years and it affects my vision,”...

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  • Our People
| September 20, 2019

Rare birth defect won’t deter TCOM student from reaching her dream

By Steven Bartolotta One day last year, TCOM medical student Taylor Orcutt joined other members of the Pediatric Club to administer eye screenings on children at Glen Park Elementary School. Orcutt, whose left arm...