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July 16, 2014 • Family Medicine, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty, family medicine, nutrition, obesity, tarrant count, unt health,
Maribel Martinez and her daughter Monica, 9, knew they needed to change their eating habits to prevent Monica from becoming obese, a condition that affects 32 percent of Tarrant County children aged 2 to 14. Monica's meals often included fatty foods like potato chips. After participating in a six-week childhood obesity prevention program offered by…
July 14, 2014 • Dermatology, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty
Jaylen Greene was a happy baby until his face broke out in a red, itchy rash. Gradually, the skin condition worsened until the 3-month-old son of Benjamin and Brandy Greene scratched his cheeks so furiously that he drew blood. The itching kept him awake at night. Even his day care teachers were concerned. "He was…
July 11, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
One weekend last March, Jim Poythress experienced chest pains and clammy skin. Poythress, 76, who suffers from coronary artery disease, immediately contacted Nurse Practitioner Nancy Tierney, PhD, and sped to the emergency room. The next morning, cardiologist Abdul Keylani, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at UNTHSC, inserted a stent to open Poythress' blocked artery.…
July 10, 2014 • Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences
Much has changed since the nonprofit Cowtown Cruisin' for a Cure was founded in 2002 by prostate cancer survivor Chris Goetz to raise awareness of the disease in Tarrant County. The annual car show, fundraiser and cancer-screening event has grown from about 350 cars and 5,000 people to drawing now almost 500 cars and 20,000…
July 10, 2014 • Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences
Much has changed since the nonprofit Cowtown Cruisin' for a Cure was founded in 2002 by prostate cancer survivor Chris Goetz to raise awareness of the disease in Tarrant County. The annual car show, fundraiser and cancer-screening event has grown from about 350 cars and 5,000 people to drawing now almost 500 cars and 20,000…
July 9, 2014
Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show" for 22 years, will be the featured performer at "An Evening with a Legend," sponsored by the UNT Health Science Center Foundation to benefit the University's research, education and health care mission. Presented by Chase and J.P. Morgan, Leno will appear at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at…
July 7, 2014 • Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Sciences
As the so-called silver tsunami sweeps the country, the demand for ways to treat age-related diseases is growing dramatically. A $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help UNT Health Science Center train researchers to meet the needs of the country's aging population. "This grant is a key to re-supplying the research…
July 3, 2014 • Pediatrics, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Swimming and the Fourth of July naturally go together. And a few simple precautions can prevent a common complaint at this time of year. "Swimmer's ear" is an inflammation of the ear canal. When water enters the ear canal and does not properly drain, the ear canal can get irritated and infected. David Lar, MD,…
July 2, 2014 • Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Barb Gilchrist's first two children were delivered by Caesarean section, but she wanted her third birth to go differently. Her doctor declined to participate if she insisted on attempting a vaginal birth for her third child, which prompted Gilchrist to change doctors. But she found it wasn't easy to find a physician willing to let…
July 1, 2014 • Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Brad Cannell, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, has been selected as one of 50 participants in this year's National Institute on Aging (NIA) Butler-Williams Scholars Program for emerging researchers. The highly competitive program - formerly called the Summer Institute on Aging Research - will be held…
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