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This is Whole Health: Dr. Megan Wesling

“A patient was referred to HSC Health from a community hospital that was indifferent toward his health and well-being. It had been 20 years since his last primary care visit with the perspective that all was stable until he was hospitalized for diabetic foot infections. Ultimately, the hospitalization revealed a new diagnosis of Type 2…
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Whole Health focus: Metabolic and Longevity Clinic

This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC’s campus.  In December, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Clinic, HSC Health, launched the Metabolic and Longevity Clinic. This specialty clinic is for patients who have metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and more.…
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Whole Health Focus: Dr. Harlan Jones to speak on social determinants of health

Dr. Harlan Jones is no stranger to traveling to promote educational initiatives geared toward eliminating health disparities. As director of the Institute for Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, it’s part of his vocation. In fact, Jones has been an integral part of IHD (formerly the Center…
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Whole health focus: HSC’s student food pantry

This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC's campus.  It’s 6 p.m. and you just got out of class. You remember you need to get gas and a few groceries for the week, but rent was due this morning, and you don’t have enough money to get both gas and…
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TCOM students host a successful medical mission trip along the border in Big Bend

The Texas Rural Health Association chapter at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth partnered with the Office of Rural Medical Education to run free medical clinics in one of the most medically unserved areas in the state. The TRHA student leaders from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine worked with…
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HSC rolling out transformative whole health approach to care

The elderly woman always asked for a sandwich. She arrived at the hospital by ambulance, alone every time and grateful to see familiar faces — and very hungry. Back when Jessica Rangel, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s executive vice president of Health Systems, was a nurse on clinical rotations,…