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TCOM student, SBS graduate and TCOM alum go the extra mile for a man who’s...

Lindsey Hudson is a mother of three beginning medical school, Scott Hudson is 72 years old and legally blind, but the two have become forever linked and tethered, in more ways than one could possibly imagine. Lindsey, a 2024 graduate of the School of Biomedical Sciences Medical Science program at The University of North Texas…
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HSC pro bono physical therapy program offers hope

For 70-year-old Beverly Rozanski, the journey to improved health has been long and challenging. Raised in Michigan, Rozanski spent her childhood and early adult years struggling with physical challenges that made even the simplest tasks seem insurmountable. However, her discovery of a pro bono physical therapy program through The University of North Texas Health Science…
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TCOM’s Owen Saenz selected for the prestigious ElevateMeD scholarship program

Paying it forward, sacrificing and serving has been at the core of who and what Owen Saenz is, now, it’s paying him back. The rising fourth-year student at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was selected for the ElevateMeD scholarship program. Saenz, who…
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Physical therapy students to wed after commencement

While post-commencement life can be uncertain for many graduating college students, Madelyn Di Orio and Kellan Barry made big plans before this school year ever began. The third-year physical therapy students in The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s School of Health Professions will tie the knot in June. The pair met as freshman…
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From humble beginnings to great endings, how this TCOM graduate defied all odds

Lamont, California, a simple location referred to only as a census-designated place in Kern County in the south-central portion of the state, is where Diana Garcia Garcia grew up with her family, watching them work each day in the lush orange and grape fields. She visited them during lunch hours and saw the hard work…
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New mother postpartum depression
  • Patient Care
| February 12, 2016

Postpartum depression is a treatable disease

By Jan Jarvis Bringing home a baby is supposed to be one of the happiest times in a woman’s life. When it’s not, women often feel as if something is wrong with them, said Shanna Combs, MD, Assistant Professor of...

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  • Patient Care
| February 8, 2016

Patient Navigator cuts red tape to ensure excellent care

By Betsy Friauf   Bernice Etcoff needed help. She couldn’t lift her arm to do simple things like combing her hair or getting dressed. She was in pain and had an unexplained sudden weakness in her shoulder. Based on a...

Darrin D'Agostino with cooling vest
  • Patient Care
| February 5, 2016

Putting the freeze on overheated runners

By Alex Branch   A new tool could help overheated runners cool down at the 2016 Cowtown Marathon. The UNT Health Science Center medical team will test a TechNiche cooling vest to lower runners’ core temperatures at the Feb. 27...

  • Community
| February 4, 2016

Students launch ‘unprecedented’ effort to teach CPR in Texas

By Alex Branch   Would you know how to react in a cardiac emergency? About 70 percent of Americans say they would feel helpless because they do not know how to perform CPR. UNT Health Science Center medical students are...

  • Community
| February 2, 2016

Innovation that’s worthy of recognition

By Alex Branch The announcement that UNT Health Science Center and Texas Christian University will create a new MD school together reflected the institutions’ shared vision of teamwork in education and caregiving that will benefit patients. This innovative project, so...

Elyse Dickerson and Joe Griffin
  • Research
| February 1, 2016

Hear that? Startup company develops remedy for earwax

By Jan Jarvis   Cerumen, otherwise known as earwax, can cause stuffiness, pain and hearing loss. Too much earwax sends some 12 million Americans to the doctor’s office each year. But quick relief might not be too far away. After...

Bibas Reddy
  • Patient Care
| January 29, 2016

A spirit of family and teamwork

By Alex Branch   Bibas Reddy, DO, medical oncologist at The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, has long considered UNT Health Science Center family. His brother, Hari Reddy, DO, and sister-in-law, Chandana Reddy, DO, both attended Texas College of...

Joon Lee
  • Research
| January 27, 2016

Zika virus would require different approach than West Nile

If the mosquito-borne Zika virus were to establish itself in North Texas, the mosquitoes capable of spreading the topical disease would pose challenges to current surveillance methods, a UNT Health Science Center epidemiologist said. The virus, which may cause birth...

UNTHSC Met Building
  • Patient Care
| January 22, 2016

A hard look at health care costs

By Jan Jarvis Bending the Health Care Cost Curve When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jan. 28 Where: Medical Education and Training Building, UNT Health Science Center Parking: Visitor parking is available in lots 19, 14 and 7 in both...

Jacklyn Bermudez
  • Education
| January 20, 2016

GSBS student named to prestigious research organization

By Cari Hyden As an undergraduate, Jaclyn Bermudez made an important finding in a biology lab – she discovered she loved research. Now a PhD candidate in the Visual Sciences program in UNTHSC’s North...