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News Releases - 2013

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May

Watch a live stream of our Commencement Ceremony on May 18
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.

Rural primary care: TCOM prepares students to wear many hats
The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has a special curriculum for prospective rural physicians. It's called Rural Osteopathic Medical Education of Texas (ROME). These Rural Scholars visit a rural clinic and its physician before ever setting foot in a classroom. The relationship with practicing physicians and other providers continues throughout the student's medical education.

May events at the UNT Health Science Center
Upcoming events at the UNT Health Science Center.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment improves speech for child with apraxia
What would you do if you knew what you wanted to say, but physically, you could not put the sounds and words together to form a sentence? If you are like 3-year-old Charlie Lain, who suffers from childhood apraxia of speech, producing words is a daily struggle.

7 tips for healthy mothers-to-be
Help make every day Mother's Day by sharing these preconception health tips with mothers and mothers-to-be.

Alumni Profile: Rob Dickerman, DO, PhD
A famous general once said, "Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory." Rob Dickerman, DO ('98), PhD ('98), has done both - and now he knows how it feels to be one of the best neurosurgeons in America. He runs his own practice and serves as Director of Neurosurgery at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano. Newsweek and American Way magazines both have named him among the top neurosurgeons in the country based on feedback from his peers. To achieve these victories, he's had his share of challenges.

Physical Therapy program reaches accreditation milestone
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 Texas state board licensing exams. Initial accreditation is valid for five years; subsequent cycles will be for 10 years.

Dr. Woerner's care during pregnancy motivated this patient to get better
Dr. Woerner practices at both the UNT Health Patient Care Center on campus and the UNT Health at Alliance clinic. She specializes in women's health, including care during pregnancy and postpartum; and fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, pelvic floor, and lymphedema.

April

Recreational use of HIV antiretroviral drug linked to psychoactivity

Interprofessional education gets new emphasis

Future rural physicians get on-site training

GSBS student trains forensic workers in war-ravaged Angola

Williams named to U.S. News & World Report Hospital of Tomorrow Advisory Council

North Texas Health Forum surfaces obesity issues in Tarrant County

UNT Health physicians named 2013 Top Docs

TCOM celebrates National Osteopathic Medicine Week with seminars, public health screenings

Nobel Prize winner Stanley Prusiner headlines 2013 Research Appreciation Day

UNTHSC receives Hogg Foundation award for homeless research

UNT System College of Pharmacy Forms External Advisory Board

Interactive Map: TCOM Class of 2013 residency matches

Upcoming events at the UNT Health Science Center

March

UNTHSC helps ensure DO recertification standards

Patient-safety expert John Nance to speak at commencement

North Texas Health Forum highlights Public Health Week April 4-5

UNTHSC in the news

UNTHSC campus to close at noon on March 29

Hands-on treatment improves chronic low back pain

UNTHSC and the Cowtown: By the numbers

Free electronics recycling at UNTHSC Earth Day Celebration

UNTHSC conducts first study of Alzheimer’s in Fort Worth Mexican-American population

TCOM maintains top 50 ranking in Primary Care by US News & World Report

Students learn health needs of rural vets

UNTHSC physicians and researchers honored as Fort Worth HealthCare Heroes

Hand Surgeon joins UNT Health Bone & Joint Institute

Video: Are you getting enough sleep?

$2 million scholarship grant awarded to benefit UNTHSC PA program

February

Student volunteers bring sounds of solace to terminally ill patients

Osteopathic manipulative treatment can ease low back pain

Medical student saves neighbors from fire

Coumadin Clinic teaches tactics, solutions for UNT Health patients

Art as therapy for dementia

Bob Kaman remembers 35 years of the Cowtown race

JPS Orthopaedic Residency and UNTHSC Bone and Joint Institute faculty achieve 91st percentile in national exam

Pollen counts are at record highs: Use these tips to cope with allergies

Rural medicine students get ‘face-time’ with new group video conferencing

Dr. Claire Peel is new Dean of School of Health Professions

Med student helps UNTHSC runners train for the Cowtown

FW Child Magazine names Kathleen Donaldson ”Best Nurse-Midwife”

Master's degree program prepares students for med school

Protect the hearts you love with these heart health tips

Rainwater Charitable Foundation gives $500,000 to support UNTHSC’s healthy aging programs

Bike sharing station coming to UNTHSC this spring

Researchers hope $5.8 million grant will open window of opportunity for hormone treatment, brain health

Atrium Gallery features Alzheimer's Association exhibit

OMM Department receives $121,000 endowment gift

Join UNTHSC at the TOMA Midwinter Conference

January

The latest on the flu: Still not too late to get a flu shot

D'Agostino named Cowtown medical director

UNTHSC to help identify up to 20,000 found in Libya’s mass graves

New chair hits the ground running at UNT System College of Pharmacy

Addiction Awareness Week shines light on complex nature of the disease

Video: Continuing the tradition of excellence at TCOM

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine attracts a record number of applicants

TCOM's Academy of Medical Educators: An innovative approach to medical education

Executives guide entrepreneurs through science business maze

Check out the latest issue of North Texas Health & Science magazine

Future health professionals “Take Flight” at UNTHSC

Public health researchers earn Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant

Novel approach to battling HIV

10 tips to prevent winter falls

Trauma survivors find relief in yoga

UNTHSC closed for MLK Day

UNTHSC blood drive a success

 

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