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| March 12, 2019

PA program ranked No. 33 nationally by U.S. News and World Report

By Alex Branch    The UNT Health Science Center Physician Assistant Studies Program was rated 33rd in the country by the U.S. News and World Report 2020 edition of Best Graduate Schools.  The magazine ranked 169 schools, placing the UNTHSC...

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  • Research
| March 11, 2019

BRIT partnership creates opportunities for research

By Jan Jarvis They have been neighbors for nearly a decade. Now the Botanical Research...

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  • Community
| March 7, 2019

Supporting young adults with cancer

By Alex Branch   Courtney Parker, a 32-year-old high school teacher, was breastfeeding her infant daughter when she felt a pea-sized lump. Her mind instantly lurched to cancer, but a visit to her doctor calmed her. Breast feeding often causes...

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  • Patient Care
| March 6, 2019

Librarians improving patient care in partnership with JPS

By Alex Branch Patients at John Peter Smith Hospital can expect to be surrounded by a top-notch medical team of not only physicians and nurses, but also librarians. The presence of UNT Health Science...

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  • Education
| March 4, 2019

TCOM students inspire youths to pursue medicine

By Alex Branch More than 40 UNT Health Science Center medical students helped inspire young African-American males to consider careers in medicine at a youth summit in Dallas. The students, members of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Student National...

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  • Education
| February 28, 2019

In the classroom: ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø students debate dispensing medical marijuana

By Jan Jarvis   First-year pharmacy students recently got a glimpse of how tough their careers might be one day when they debated their role in dispensing medical marijuana. It is better to have a pharmacist who is educated in...

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  • Education
| February 26, 2019

PA students win Challenge Bowl — again

By Alex Branch   Students in the Physician Assistant Studies Program once have again proved that UNT Health Science Center truly does recruit the best and the brightest. UNTHSC PA students won the statewide Challenge Bowl competition at the Texas...

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  • Patient Care
| February 25, 2019

UNTHSC top docs who are transforming lives

By Jan Jarvis Seventeen UNT Health Science Center physicians and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty members have been selected by their peers as top doctors for listings in Texas Monthly, Fort Worth Magazine and 360 West. A TCU and...

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  • Research
| February 20, 2019

Researchers examining if exercise can slow Parkinson’s

By Jan Jarvis Army veteran RJ Hillman is learning to cope with personality changes that followed a mild traumatic brain injury six years ago in Afghanistan. More troubling is what may be ahead. There is growing evidence that even a...

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  • Education
| February 20, 2019

Symposium focuses on cardiovascular and brain health in women

By Jan Jarvis  The first annual Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium underscores the need for more biomedical research that addresses unique differences between the sexes.  The event, which will include oral and poster presentations on research, will be held...