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University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• Fox 11 News
The UNR Med Student Outreach Clinic is currently offering free vasectomies. Dr. Daniel Spogen says, a lot of insurance don’t cover vasectomies, most places that offer vasectomies require upfront payment. It’s an add on for a lot of people but a great form of contraception.
• KTVN Channel 2 News
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) Student Outreach Clinics are now providing free vasectomies.
• Nevada NewsMakers
Nevada NewsMakers host Sam Shad interviews UNR Med Dean, Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D.
• Univision
La Universidad de Nevada, Reno Esquela de Medicina está ofreciendo servicios médicos gratuitos para miembros de la comunidad sin seguro médico.
• KRNV News 4
The University of Reno School of Medicine hosts a diabetes prevention program that kicked off earlier this year. The Sanford Center for Aging and the Division of Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism holds a workshop for those who are living with pre-diabetes.
• KNPR Nevada Public Radio
Elko, like much of rural Nevada, suffers from a doctor shortage. That ailment became less acute last year when the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine assigned a group of residents to the northeast Nevada community that’s halfway between Reno and Salt Lake City. The Elko Family Medicine Residency program puts family care doctors in a Nevada Health Centers clinic, where each physician sees about 35 patients a week. The residency has been deemed a success and will expand from four doctors to six this summer.
• Nevada Business
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) graduated 63 new doctors last month. Six of the new doctors will remain in Northern Nevada for their graduate medical education. In addition, approximately 27 percent of UNR Med students are staying in Nevada for some part of their training and 43 percent of the students matched in primary care, helping fill a shortage in Nevada and across the United States. Since its founding in 1969, UNR Med has educated over 3,500 students, residents and fellows.
• Nevada Business Magazine
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has been awarded an $11 million, five-year grant through the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, a program of the National Institute of Health.
• KOLO Channel 8 News
People in Northern Nevada who are uninsured, under-insured, or without Social Security numbers can receive free medical care at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Student Outreach Clinics. UNR Med offers the free clinics to assist the region's medically uninsured with needed services.
• KRNV Fox 11 News
UNR's School of Medicine is offering Northern Nevadans who are uninsured, underinsured or without a social security number free medical care this May and June 2019 at upcoming Student Outreach Clinics.
• Psychology Today
Organizations such as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the American Medical Association have recommended reforming medical licensing questions to make it clear that physicians may get help without fear of negative consequences. Despite the growing support, Thomas Schwenk of the University of Nevada School of Medicine noted that change isn’t happening fast enough.
• Nevada Business Magazine
Data from University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine indicates that Nevada ranks 47th in the nation in terms of physicians per capita. The state would need another 2,500 doctors just to reach average, and that’s a 68 percent increase.
• Sierra Sun
80 students from North Tahoe, Truckee and Incline high schools got to step into the shoes of an orthopedic surgeon last week, helping to perform a knee replacement surgery on a cadaver at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
• KOLO Channel 8 News
In an anatomy lab at UNR Med, first-year student Miguel Gonzalez shows us an additional tool that helps make the class a little easier. It's called Anatomage.
• KTVN Channel 2 News
Lawmakers are discussing a bill that would encourage doctors to move to small towns in Nevada. If AB358 passes, the state would re-pay tuition for graduates of the UNR and UNLV medical schools. The exchange would be for working in rural Nevada for at least five years.
• KTVN Channel 2 News
Assembly Bill 358 would encourage new doctors to move to small towns for work. If passed, graduates from the UNR or UNLV Schools of Medicine could get the tuition portion of their student loans reimbursed by the state. In exchange, they would have to work in the rural areas of Nevada for five years.
• Northern Nevada Business View
The NNBV April 2019 People Briefs include UNR Med's Alison Westfall, M.D., FACOG, who has joined the department of OB-GYN at UNR Med, Danielle Eaton, who has been promoted to senior director and research manager for the UNR Med Clinical Research Center, and Lauren Siri, who has joined the Advancement and Engagement department as manager of events and protocol.
• KOLO Channel 8 News
People in Northern Nevada who are uninsured, underinsured, or without Social Security numbers can receive free medical care this May and June at upcoming University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Student Outreach Clinics. UNR Med offers the free clinics in order to assist the region's medically uninsured with needed services.
• KTVN Channel 2 News
Many people are adopting a new way of eating and it has less to do with calorie counting and more to do with when you eat. Karen Bain is a clinical dietician with UNR Med's endocrinology, wellness and weight management clinic and discusses intermittent fasting on KTVN's Ask the Doctor.
• KTVN Channel 2 News
In Health Watch: Driving medicine forward requires research. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is working to contribute to the world of academic medicine.
• Elko Daily Free Press
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine has named Dr. Steven Lore as a family medicine clinical faculty member at UNR Med’s new Elko Family Medicine Residency Program, a collaboration with Nevada Health Centers.
• KTVN Channel 2 News
Dr. Max Coppes, Chair of Pediatrics and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and Physician in Chief at Renown's Children's Hospital, says "I would say there's one tip when it comes to measles. Get your vaccines."
• KRNV News 4/Fox 11
Walking is a great way to get people active. It induces endorphins which improves your mood and helps with cognitive functioning. It also can prevent people from feeling isolated, according to Jennifer Baker the Sanford Center for Aging at UNR Med.
• KRXI Fox 11 News
Northern Nevadans who are uninsured, underinsured or without a social security number can receive free medical care in April at upcoming UNR Med Student Outreach Clinics. UNR Med offers the free clinics in a continuing effort to assist the region's medically uninsured with needed health care services.
• Elko Daily Free Press
A recent event was held to show appreciation for the medical providers who practice in the Elko County area.
