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December 4, 2014 • Community
Thanks to the hard work of UNT Health Science Center students and employees, needy people in the Fort Worth community will celebrate a happier, healthier Thanksgiving.Every year, UNTHSC students touch thousands of lives through community service. Already this fall, they've volunteered more than 1,300 hours.Several student organizations have collected and delivered truckloads of food…
December 4, 2014 • Community
When Bill McIntosh won a mint-condition 1953 MG TD Roadster in a charity raffle benefitting UNT Health Science Center Foundation last month, it literally was a dream come true. See his own account of his lifetime obsession with the MG:
December 2, 2014 • School of Biomedical Sciences
Having higher levels of testosterone could increase the risk for aggression, hallucinations and other acting-out behaviors in men who already have Alzheimer's disease. Studies have found that having lower testosterone levels increased the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, said Dr. James Hall, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. "But once someone already has Alzheimer's, higher…
December 1, 2014 • Research
Ever held a newspaper at arm's length to read the fine print?Then you might benefit from the development of eye drops that literally could change the way some 100 million Americans see.The drops were developed by Encore Vision with support from the Tech Fort Worth-UNT Health Science Center Accelerator Lab. They treat presbyopia, a condition…
November 25, 2014 • School of Public Health
Dr. Heather Kitzman-Ulrich and Leilani Dodgen Religious faith promotes spiritual health, but can it also influence physical well-being? That's a question UNT Health Science Center researchers seek to answer by teaming with pastors at churches in southern Dallas County to test the effectiveness of obesity and diabetes prevention curriculums that include faith-based components. The five-year…
November 21, 2014 • Community
FitWorth is well on its way to inspiring people beyond Tarrant County to live healthier through exercise and better nutritional choices, starting with San Antonio. This week the San Antonio Mayor's Fitness Council was introduced to some of the ways that Fort Worth is raising awareness of the importance of making healthy choices, said Leslie…
November 21, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Darrin D'Agostino, DO, Chair of Internal Medicine, participated Thursday in a national webinar focused on how health care organizations can better prepare to identify and prevent infections like the Ebola virus. Dr. D'Agostino, one of four panelists, said the first Ebola infections in the United States demonstrated the need to better identify successful pathways to…
November 20, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Fourteen UNT Health Science Center physicians have been selected as "Texas Super Doctors 2014" in the December issue of Texas Monthly magazine. Those named, and their respective specialty, are: W. Paul Bowman, Pediatrics Kathleen Crowley, OB-GYN Hedieh Davanloo, Internal Medicine Gary Etter, Psychiatry John Fling, Allergy & Immunology Janice Knebl, Geriatrics Alvin Mathe, Internal Medicine…
November 19, 2014 • Community
The UNT Health Science Center will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday and Friday. Administrative offices will re-open at 8 a.m. Monday. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians also will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will resume on Monday. The Gibson D. Lewis Library and…
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