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- December 2007
- BMI criteria for obesity surgery should be lowered, researchers suggest
- Researchers: Patients with mild Cushing syndrome may benefit from adrenalectomy
- Physicians seek strategies to improve the quality of sleep in ICU, researchers report
- Urologist uses Botox to treat debilitating condition
- October 2007
- Government restrictions on weight loss surgeries limit access for poor, underinsured patients, study shows
- New 'seed' therapy helps pinpoint breast tumors with more accuracy
- UT Southwestern investigating hypothermic technique in treating pediatric head injuries
- September 2007
- Researchers uncover likely source of rejection for otherwise well-matched kidney transplants
- Radiation therapy technique reduces length of prostate cancer treatment
- Dermatologists identify North Texas leishmaniasis outbreak
- Metabolic syndrome heightens risk for development of uric-acid kidney stones
- Women less likely than men to change habits that increase heart-disease risk
- Natural aorta grafts have few side effects for infection-prone patients, researchers report
- New imaging technique reveals fatty hearts in pre-diabetics
- Overweight toddlers and those not in day care at risk for iron deficiency
- Radiation and drug combo helps boost efficacy of lung-cancer treatment
- August 2007
- New male sling procedure helps prostate cancer survivors who suffer from urinary incontinence
- Single-incision belly-button surgery to remove kidney performed first at UT Southwestern
- Eye-staining technique offers early detection for dry eye syndrome
- Waist-to-hip ratio may better predict cardiovascular risk than body mass index
- Investigators uncover intriguing clues to why persistent acid reflux sometimes turns into cancer
- Theory of facial aging gets a facelift from researchers
- UT Southwestern tests device for patients with severe heart failure
- July 2007
- Hydrogen peroxide could cause absorbable sutures to come apart, researchers report
- Study finds 30-minute CPR classes just as effective as multi-hour courses
- Summer's colorful produce offers prime opportunityfor increasing fruits, vegetables in children's diets
- May 2007
- UT Southwestern establishes first U.S. morphea registry and DNA repository for both adults and children
- Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
- UT Southwestern joins national clinical trial that seeks to uncover long-term effects of West Nile virus
- April 2007
- Enzyme mutations linked to inherited form of fatal lung disease
- Emergency care trial part of new strategy to save lives of heart attack victims
- Amphetamine, cocaine usage increase risk of stroke among young adults
- March 2007
- Magnetic system could be key to surgery without scars
- Plagued by diet disasters? A visit to a registered dietician could help
- Infection detectives use disease 'fingerprints' to track common infections in children
