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May 9, 2013
Eighth Annual Health Disparities Conference focuses on the intersection of smoking, HIV/AIDS and cancer Tobacco smoking, HIV/AIDS and cancer challenge various under-represented minority and at-risk populations. Smoking is more common among economically disadvantaged people and HIV is highest in non-Hispanic blacks and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders. The infection rates are also higher in Hispanic/Latinos, African Americans…
May 8, 2013
The UNT Health Science Center will be closed on May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday. Administrative offices will re-open at 8 a.m., Tuesday, May 28. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians will also be closed May 27 in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28. The Lewis…
May 7, 2013
Help make every day Mother's Day by sharing these preconception health tips with mothers and mothers-to-be. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health, women who are healthier before becoming pregnant, have a better chance of preventing problems like preterm or low-birth weight babies. The FOR HER women's health…
May 7, 2013
The UNT Health Science Center's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, which began accepting students in 2010, has achieved initial accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education. The program's first class, which graduates this month, will be eligible to sit for the Texas state board licensing exam. Initial accreditation is valid for five…
May 5, 2013
UNT Health Science Center's Commencement this Saturday will feature an international thought leader in patient safety as guest speaker, plus a formal commissioning ceremony for graduates entering the U.S. military. John Nance, JD, author of the award-winning book Why Hospitals Should Fly, will deliver his address during ceremonies honoring 600 health professionals receiving degrees.Col. Dennis…
May 1, 2013
The joy of bringing a baby into the world is all-encompassing. But sometimes, so are the painful physical changes that a woman experiences as her body responds to a pregnancy.Consider Cessilye Smith. Her first pregnancy led to a diastasis, a separation of abdominal muscles, which was never addressed. Two years later she is currently pregnant…
April 29, 2013
More than one in 270 people in the U.S. are living with HIV, and every 9.5 minutes someone is else is infected. The economic cost estimates associated with HIV/AIDS exceed 36 billion dollars a year. Effective antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatments have helped people with HIV to live longer. However, a highly effective and widely prescribed…
April 24, 2013
The Health Science Center is creating a new culture of interprofessionalism under the leadership of David Farmer, PhD, Director of Interprofessional Practice. Farmer is helping reduce siloization so health providers and professionals will work in teams to improve care and reduce medical errors.An example is the April 22 hospital emergency code simulation during which students…
April 22, 2013
If student doctors want to be prepared to serve in a rural area, they must understand how the residents work and play in that community. In March, 13 first-year students in Rural Osteopathic Medicine Education (ROME) traveled more than 100 miles north to experience first-hand how an osteopathic physician partners with a local employer.John Bowling,…
December 22, 2012 • Archive
To achieve FDA approval of the first blood test for early detection of Alzheimer's disease, UNT Health Science Center Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Sid O'Bryant has created an international working group to establish standards for blood collection. O'Bryant, who has led development of the blood test at the Health Science Center in collaboration with…
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