University of North Texas Health Science Center News

State environmental inspectors found emissions at some eye-popping levels during short monitoring visits in August and October, including particularly high readings obtained at the fence line of a wellhead west of Dish where an operator reportedly left production equipment open.

Impassioned pleas from osteopathic physicians failed to sway the UNT regents, who voted unanimously Friday to proceed with plans to open an M.D. school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

It's interesting that the University of North Texas System has moved offices from its long-established home in Denton to set up shop in downtown Dallas.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth faces an important milestone Friday when it presents to the university's board of regents in Denton a proposal to offer M.D. degrees.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is about to propose the creation of a smaller M.D. school on campus to satisfy what school leaders call community demand.

His new job: Christopher B. Stevens joined UNT Health, the physician group affiliated with the University of North Texas Health Science Center, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, to see patients at the Lake Worth office.

Commonwealth Fund rates Texas as one of the worst nationally in providing health care for residents due to access issues and a large uninsured population Dallas Business Journal - by Joyce Tsai Staff writer Bud Force PRIMARY CONCERN: Richard Kurz, dean of the School of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort ...

As an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan treated soldiers with post-traumatic stress and mental disorders.

Poultry workers may be at particularly high risk of developing several forms of cancer, according to a new study that points to viruses carried by birds as a possible cause.

A forensic analyst said Friday that DNA samples from Raymond Merril Jessop, his alleged victim and her child showed there is a "99.99998 percent" probability he fathered the child.

Touro University's College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean Michael Clearfield has been elected president of the American College of Osteopathic Internists for the 2009-10 year, the Vallejo university announced.

As gas prices rise, more people switch to motorcycles -- and the number of people dying in motorcycle accidents rises, according to a U.S. study.

The Pardee Auxiliary recently presented Pardee Hospital and Pardee Hospital Foundation with a check for $293,267 as its annual pledge to the Henderson County medical facility.

By YAMIL BERARD FORT WORTH - Dr. Elena Bastida, associate dean of research at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, is on a mission.

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine will inaugurate the school's fifth president, Richard S. Rafes, J.D., Ph.D., on Friday, October 2 at 2 p.m. The community is invited to attend the ceremony and reception on the WVSOM campus in Lewisburg.

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 25 Sep 2009 A study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, demonstrates that osteopathic manipulative treatment slows or halts the deterioration of back-specific function in the third trimester of pregnancy.

The public is invited to a Partners In Education talk by Dr. Andres Morales on Wednesday, September 23 from 11:30-12:30 at L.I.F.E. Center Specialty Hospital, 1111 Gallagher Drive in Sherman.

The University of Texas at Arlington could join a growing list of college campuses to ban smoking and tobacco campuswide and the first four-year college in northern Texas.

By GENE TRAINOR ARLINGTON -- The University of Texas at Arlington could become the first four-year college in the region to ban smoking and tobacco campuswide, under a plan that has won the support of some top officials.The ban would take effect in August 2011, according to a recommendation by a 15-member committee that includes leading ...

A study is kicking off in South Dallas to see if an intensive breast cancer awareness program will save lives.