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May 20, 2014 • School of Biomedical Sciences
The day is not far off when healthy individuals can get their genetic blueprint analyzed as part of a check-up, world-renowned biochemist J. Craig Venter, PhD, told the audience at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences commencement ceremony. "You and your children will have your genomes sequenced as a regular part of your medical care,"…
May 19, 2014 • Community
UNT Health Science Center will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians also will be closed Monday in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will resume on Tuesday. The Founders' Activity Center will be closed on Monday, as well. The Lewis Library will have curtailed hours…
May 16, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Linh Vo, a first-year TCOM student, won the first annual Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Essay Award at the UNT Health Science Center. Vo received the $1,000 award for her essay that examined physicians' duty to give patients full and complete information about their treatment options rather than the physician independently selecting his or her…
May 15, 2014 • School of Biomedical Sciences
J. Craig VenterPhoto courtesy Public Library of ScienceBiochemist-geneticist J. Craig Venter, PhD, best known for mapping and sequencing human DNA, will deliver on Friday the commencement address for UNT Health Science Center's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences graduation ceremony. The ceremony is from 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium. Dr. Venter…
May 14, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dralves Edwards, DO, was the first African American on the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine campus. And now he and his daughter, Jessica I. Edwards-Shepherd, MS, are TCOM's first African American parent-child legacy. She graduates Friday as part of the Class of 2014, then sets out for Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J., where she…
May 14, 2014 • Community, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
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, bicycling is a feasible and fun way to get to work. And it’s healthy, too,…
May 13, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
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 bench, watching trees blow as a thunderstorm rolled across the Texas sky. It was an…
May 12, 2014 • School of Public 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 found. The research indicates that measures of what medical standards consider as normal, overweight and…
May 12, 2014 • Community
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 Fort Worth City Council, will continue its work to create opportunities for families to increase…
May 9, 2014 • Community
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 nurses and medical assistants if there was a moment when they felt something they did…
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