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  • Research
| September 24, 2018

The latest research on longevity

By Jan Jarvis   By Jan Jarvis Every day, Kunlin Jin, MD, PhD, drinks five cups of green tea, three in the morning and two in the afternoon. Brewed from the unfermented plant, the tea has been touted for its...

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  • Community
| September 20, 2018

Blood drive on campus Today

By Eric Parker Some complicated surgeries were postponed recently in and around Tarrant County because of a platelet shortage. Platelets are blood cells that are crucial to wound healing, and they have a shelf life of only a few days....

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  • Community
| September 19, 2018

Lifesaving measure for opioid overdose available to the public without prescription

By Sally Crocker When the U.S. Surgeon General published a recent health advisory– the first such alert in the last decade – asking for the public’s assistance in tackling the nation’s growing opioid epidemic, Dr. Scott Walters from the UNTHSC...

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  • Education
| September 18, 2018

For medical students, a sideline view of treating football injuries

By Alex Branch   University of North Texas quarterback Mason Fine faked a handoff and threw a perfect 60-yard touchdown pass to a streaking receiver, and the Mean Green sideline erupted. Players leaped off the bench, coaches pumped their fists...

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  • Research
| September 17, 2018

PT on leading edge of Parkinson’s care

By Alex Branch   A UNT Health Science Center professor is preparing physical students to provide innovative care that can improve the quality of life for the nearly 1 million Americans expected to have Parkinson’s disease by 2020. Howe Liu, PT,...

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  • Research
| September 13, 2018

A prestigious glaucoma prize, again, for UNTHSC eye researchers

By Jan Jarvis In 1998, a team of researchers that included Abe Clark, PhD, won worldwide recognition for its discovery of the first gene that causes glaucoma. Two decades later, the same team has found a possible treatment for this...

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  • Education
| September 12, 2018

UNT System honors scientist who conducts drug studies

By Jan Jarvis   One drug treats hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia. Another treats complicated intra-abdominal infections. And a third treats skin infections. These are among the many drugs that Jerry Simecka, PhD, has evaluated as part of the discovery process since...

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  • Community
| September 11, 2018

Fort Worth leaders praise new Early Learning Center at UNTHSC

By Alex Branch   Community leaders are hailing the opening of the Miles Foundation Early Learning Center, a partnership between UNT Health Science Center and Lena Pope, as a major step for high-quality, early childhood development in Fort Worth. Mayor...

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  • Research
| September 10, 2018

Understanding why and when young people drink alcohol

By Sally Crocker Two UNT Health Science Center researchers plan to get inside the minds of teens and young adults to learn what influences them to drink and when they are most apt...

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  • Our People
| September 7, 2018

Taking home a top pharmacy prize for empathy

By Jan Jarvis   When UNT System College of ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø student of Ellias Hismeh sat down to counsel an older patient taking an opioid and an anti-depressant he faced a daunting task. The woman refused to talk to him. “She...