Additional Orientation Date Added for UT Tyler Research Study

TYLER — The University of Texas at Tyler Department of Health and Kinesiology faculty continue to recruit men and women for a research study. That word comes from College of Nursing and Health Sciences dean Dr. Yong Tai Wang. An additional orientation session is scheduled for 10 a.m. – noon Saturday, Sept. 19, in the UT Tyler Herrington Patriot Center, next to the Citizens 1st Bank/Perkins Soccer Complex off Old Omen Road. According to a news release, participants must be 50 years or older and have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. The group will meet three times a week for 45 minutes per session. Principal investigator and UT Tyler Assistant Professor Dr. Arturo Arce-Esquivel will lead the study, which involves participation in a five-week “Infrared Light Therapy” protocol to begin sometime next month. For more information, call Arce-Esquivel at 903-565-5838.